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Show FINDS HIS LONG-LOST RING Man Gets Wedding Band Buried In Sand Three Years at King's Beach In Massachusetts. Boston, Mass. Three years ago this summer J. Franklin Brown, now head bookkeeper in a shoe factory at Chelsea, lost a wedding ring while in bathing on King's Beach, Swamp-sott. Swamp-sott. Today he has the ring, and behind be-hind its restoration is. a story of a bit of detective work. Two weeks ago Arthur Getchell, mail clerk in the Lynn postofflce, was rolling around on the beach in a bathing suit when the sandy recess in which the ring had lain hidden for three years was exposed. The only clue to the identity of the owner was an inscription on the inside which resd, "From Flossie to Frank, Oct 11, 1905." How to find the, owner on such a meagre clue, when thousands bathe on the beach every summer, was the problem. For a week Getchell searched every place that he could think of. Then, remembering the old adage about two heads being better bet-ter than one, he consulted a friend, George F. Alley, and, out of their conferences, a bright thought popped forth: "Why not look up the marriage records on that date." That settled it. They found a Frank and a Flossie were married and Frank lived then at 53 Essex street,' Lynn, from where he was traced. Flossie, before she became Mrs. Brown, was Miss Lauckner of 41 Porter street, Lynn. |