From Wisconsin-
It was lost but now it is found.
A ornate silver chalice believed to have been lost from the St. Thomas Episcopal Church during the 1899 cyclone was recently found in a far corner of a remote storage area in the present day Sts. Thomas & John Episcopal Church, New Richmond.
A thorough church cleaning uncovered the chalice, tarnished, but otherwise in good shape. Parishioners were delighted with the discovery, but no one knew how or when the chalice found its way “home.” And that mystery might never be resolved.
History records are sketchy since the cyclone destroyed not only the Episcopal church, but church records within. It is known that the Episcopal church in 1899 was located near the corner of Second Street and Green Avenue. The building was said to have been an abandoned school.
More here-
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/event/article/id/35254/publisher_ID/13/
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