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Thousands of Dollars Hidden in Widow's Home Movie Canister
$3,100 in cash was found in the home movie canister
Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 | Updated 11:48 AM EDT
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Reviewing old home movies proved to be a richer experience than one southwest Florida woman expected.
Evelyn Weiner hadn't seen the 16mm movies in the dusty metal canister for at least 60 years. After a niece suggested getting the film transferred to DVDs, the 90-year-old Englewood woman dropped off the canister at a Walmart.
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Ten days later, the manager of operations at YesVideo called Weiner to tell her that $3,100 in cash had been found in the canister, and they wanted to send it back to her.
Weiner tells the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that her husband must have hidden the $100 bills without her knowing. The couple had been saving for a trip to Israel after he retired in 1996, but he died before they could make the trip.
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