3 page note found in 2 jars 10 inches deep at Quarry Hill woods.

Roger Mn.

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Her it is: View attachment 2018 note 001.bmp View attachment 2018 note 002.bmp View attachment 2018 note 003.bmp View attachment 2018 note 004.bmp View attachment 2018 note 005.bmp View attachment 2018 note 006.bmp View attachment 2018 note 007.bmp I went back to Quarry Hill detecting and got a sound that sounded different than any other things i have dug.
I was down about 6 inches and i see the bottom of a bottle.
I made the hole wider as i thought it might be a nice old bottle and didn't want to break it.
The iron lid was on the bottom of the hole around 10 inches deep and that was what i heard.
When i broke it apart it was a jar inside a jar.
The jar inside was face down near the iron lid with a brown cover that looks like plastic .
I put the jar in a plastic bag as i broke it.
The metal cap looked like it was stuck to the jar inside and i thought it was some kind of clear resin .Almost looked like wax but it was harder than wax.
Note in Jar 6-2-2018 019.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 020.JPG
Bottom of jar says S.F. Note in Jar 6-2-2018 021.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 024.JPG
The top of jar shows the metal lid is set down inside the jar. See the second jar inside the other jar.And the notes inside it. Note in Jar 6-2-2018 007.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 001.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 002.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 005.JPG Note in Jar 6-2-2018 003.JPG # sheets of paper date starting Saturday 9,January 1926.

I'm thinking the note in the bottle i found last year was written by the same person as this note and was about a city block away from the note last year.
They were wet and i hosed them off and dried them a little and scanned them.
Don"t ask what it means as i don't know anymore than you. Thanks

Just let us know what you think.

I cant get them to load so i will be back
 

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Ia.FurTrade

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You need to take close-ups of each sheet (& both sides) so maybe we can decipher them!
What fun!

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Roger Mn.

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One sheet had some writing upside down so i copied it twice.
 

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Man here we go again, hope this answers some of the questions from the last notes.
definitley the the same handwritting, and I am seeing some of the same names and slang,
havent looked to closely yet thanks roger this is just to cool.
 

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what will you find next?

let me get this party started

page#1

Lowrey ford

calf robber

of 1895 - 96

crazy Joe Holets

robbed me for

him

lowrey

just

curt robbery

as they told hers

in church 1903
 

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page #2

Lowrey Boss

but now a

job for his son

and for him

too

that was no

to bad yours

wanted a job for

his daughter here

and that bea???

lowrey there and

for his son too

ford plant
 

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page #3

teacher said

all ford wanted

to do how to

build it

never give me

a thing and

let me have a

thing for it only

rob me f**k me

with a ? ? so

he could have

the factory
 

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page #4

Aug 5 1937

Ford car company

of 1894

me in school

in monroe

cedar rafiel

ja riobick with

henry ford

there all time

so they get a

auto ford and

how to build it
 

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page #5

Freddy lowrey

hes son lowrey

at their date

ford plant

here only out

?? ?? so

be ?? fired

here

be Betty Tow Calf

1897 just lowrey there
 

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page # 6

old lady

cook here

same robber? - rabbit?

in cottage too

she her son

again wolf as

herself al liver

and ford the same
 

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ya'll help me out here.

was there ever any kind of ford plant in Rochester?

The name Lowrey is new, but Joe Holets name was in the last set of notes,
I am posotive this is the same author
 

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the last one was interesting. this one is too good find i will try to help on this one
 

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Another very interesting find. Can’t wait till it’s all figured out.
 

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That is an awesome find, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

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1 revision page #4

me in school

in monroe

cedar rapids

if anybody here followed the last notes roger found we were able to trace
several of the people back to linn county iowa, Monroe is a suburb ( township )
near Cedar Rapids, this is where Frank Hubachek, and Joe Holets, and Anton Holets were from
Joe Holets married a Zahradnik she was from there also and also metioned by her Maiden name
in the last set of notes.
 

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revision #2 page # 6

old lady

cook here

in cottage too

she her son

again Mayos

hospital here ????

also for the newcomers to this mystery these notes were found in
Rochester, Olmstead county, Minnesota, which is the location of the
Original Mayo clinic, Mayo also ran a poor farm near where these notes were found.
 

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some fresh minds may see differently, ive looked so long i just keep seeing the same thin
I am not real good at this, help me please.
 

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