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Other· 1930

Jewellery and a 1930 pocket watch inside a fake book

By the Editors · As reported by CBS Chicago, 10 May 2017

FoundWilmette, United States2017
Volunteers at Books Down Under, the Wilmette Public Library's donation shop, opened what looked like an ordinary donated book. It was a hollow box holding rings, bracelets, a necklace, coins, a D.A.R. medal, a handwritten card and a pocket watch engraved as a 1930 presentation from employees of the Department of Agriculture to a C.F. Buck. The Friends of the library set out to find the owner and asked anyone who recognised the keepsakes to come forward.

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