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New clues emerge about the message in a bottle hidden inside a wall of Back Bay building for 126 years


New clues emerge about message in bottle hidden inside wall of Back Bay building for 126 years
By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 3:03 p.m.
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A Boston resident found this bottle tucked away in a space between their fireplace flue and an interior wall. Inside the bottle was a handwritten note.City of Boston Archaeology Program (Custom credit)
With clues gleaned from social media, new details have been uncovered about an old rye whiskey bottle that was hidden away in a secret nook of a Back Bay building for more than a century.
The owner of a condominium found the bottle tucked away in a space between the fireplace flue and an interior wall while doing renovations. Inside the bottle was a folded piece of paper with the name “Tom Ford” scrawled on it, along with the mysterious phrase “6 on Shea,” and the date Sept. 23, 1894. The label on the bottle said “N. Simons, Importer and Wholesale Liquor Dealer, ....

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