UNCLAIMED GOODS.
TOMBSTONE ON A LAWN. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. The yearly sale of the strange collection made by the Police Department was recently held here. Stolen goods, dead prisoners’ effects, found articles, these and many, other avenues contribute to a display one© a year that would give a magic pen opportunity for a weird article. Nearly two years ago a respected citizen woke up one morning to find a tombstone, minus inscription, in the middle of his lawn. No claimant appeared for the property. At the first sale there was no bidder. A few days ago a woman in black bid a small sum for the stone. It was found that she wanted it for her son’s grave, and that she was a widow.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 5
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125UNCLAIMED GOODS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 5
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