Blue paperback Midwest travel guide
Description
I lost my blue paperback Midwest travel guide yesterday around 3pm near the Cape Girardeau Public Library on Main Street. It's a paperback, about 7 by 9 inches, worn at the corners, with a dog-eared page at chapter 6 and a coffee ring on the back cover. Inside the front cover there's a small red sticker that reads 'Property of Grandmother's Travel Club,' plus a yellow ribbon bookmark sticking out. The book is sentimental to me because it was a gift from my grandmother, and I really need it back; it has a few handwritten notes about local routes that are hard to replace. If anyone found it, drop it off with the staff at the library, or reach me here—I'd be forever grateful.
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