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Fifty hoodwinked subscribers in Clear Lake scheme
A confused report outlines a fraud where about fifty men were duped into signing for cheap magazines and pictures. An earnest woman collected funds under false pretenses, while county officials and a job ad mix into the tale. A political clerk resignation and a new appointee are noted amid a flurry of other local notices and unrelated advertisements.
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