Lost
LOST pins near Ohio State Reformatory
near the Ohio State Reformatory
Lost
listing
Posted
5 days
ago
Description
On Tuesday at 6:15 p.m., I was leaving the building near the Ohio State Reformatory on Ashland Road in Mansfield and must have dropped a small set of enamel pins along the sidewalk. They’re sentimental to me—a tiny blue bird and a sunburst among a few plain silver ones. I retraced my steps past the brick walls, past the gate with its squeaky hinge, in hopes they’d turn up on the damp leaves. They didn’t. I miss them already. If you found any glints near the reformatory steps, please hold onto them for a bit longer. I’d be endlessly grateful to get them back.
Approximate last-seen location
near the Ohio State Reformatory
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