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1930s Message in a Bottle Reunites Indianapolis Woman With Grandfather

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in message in a bottle, News, Romance, weird news

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Carl L. Ott, Center Cleaners, Central Labor Union, Indiana, Indianapolis, Indy, J2LR, message in a bottle, Soclialism, Time Capsule

When Ashley Guerra of J2LR General Contractors in Indianapolis wrote to tell me of her company’s 87 year old message in a bottle discovery, I was dumbfounded. You see–they didn’t find their message in a bottle on a beach. Instead, their crew found it while digging up a construction site at 10th and Emerson in Indy.

The tiny bottle contained a single piece of paper inscribed on both sides. The front side is hard to read. It appears to simply be a “work ticket”. It shows the business brand and logo, but the handwriting is faded beyond readability:

ott-message-in-a-bottle-1-with-credit

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