Champaign Freemasons open 95-year-old time capsule
By Christine Des Garennes
Sunday September 23, 2007
Robert K. O'Daniell
Rob Beoldon, a past master of the Champaign Masonic Center, arranges the items removed from a time capsule Saturday at the center in Champaign.
They didn't find Jimmy Hoffa. No bars of gold, either.
But the 1912 copper box, sealed with lead, did provide a glimpse of life in Champaign a century ago.
The speed limit then? Ten miles per hour.
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