A woman bought a vintage dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket

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A woman bought a vintage dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket

Sara Rivers Cofield bought a 19th century dress and discovered a coded message in a secret pocket. The code was cracked years later by Wayne Chan, who identified it as a 19th-century weather report using a telegraphic code.

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2024

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Sara Rivers Cofield bought a 19th century dress and discovered a coded message in a secret pocket. The code was cracked years later by Wayne Chan, who identified it as a 19th-century weather report using a telegraphic code.

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