Friday, April 18, 2008

Two Pearls In Single Shell

1916

River Mussel Yields Tidy Sum to Finder.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa. — Sam Waid of Cedar township found along the Little Cedar River two large pearls in one shell. The pearls have been estimated by buyers to be worth at least $50 each.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 5.

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