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Mysterious package found in century-old time capsule

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If you opened a 101-year-old time capsule and found a mysterious package addressed to the descendants of an unknown man, would you open it? That’s the question a church in Michigan now faces after they recently cracked open a time capsule from 1912, and found something they couldn’t quite explain.

The Lansing State Journal has this fascinating story of a cornerstone capsule that’s leaving members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Grand Ledge scratching their heads. The capsule included everything you’d expect from one of the era, including photographs, church literature, and newspapers. But it also included a package with cryptic instructions for the future.
via Paleofuture

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