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Life in Ohio: A Continuing Series

Those spoons come with a terrible curse. Photo: United States Library of Congress

Ohio was already a grim place, but now what was probably the single most valuable thing in the entire state has been looted:

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Police in Ohio say thieves have broken into the monument of President James A. Garfield and stolen a set of commemorative spoons.

Police say they have recovered “cigarette butts, a T-shirt and a whiskey bottle.” You don’t even want to think about what the thieves are going to do with those Garfield spoons.

Police say they have recovered “cigarette butts, a T-shirt and a whiskey bottle.” You don’t even want to think about what the thieves are going to do with those Garfield spoons.

Life in Ohio: A Continuing Series