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Eye Glass Swindler Fleeces Aged Woman of Meager Savings
Nevada Iowa May 16 Mrs Henry Tetweiler 87 widow of a Civil War veteran aged less than a year died recently was fleeced of 100 dollars of her savings by a stranger Monday afternoon He gained her trust by claiming kinship in Nevada and Ames Then took her to the bank to withdraw 100 dollars and shared 60 with the assailant claiming the rest as payment for glasses He drove away with his female companion and vanished The cougar or American mountain lion is described as timid in local note
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