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November 18, 1923
The Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
In Chicago, news stand owner Joe Stein returns a woman's forgotten envelope containing $20,000 and receives only $1 as reward, highlighting the irony of the small gratuity for safeguarding a large sum.
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Loses $20,000; Pays Finder Reward of $1
CHICAGO—Joe Stein runs a news stand at Randolph and Dearborn Sts. During the rush hour last evening a woman purchased a magazine from Joe. She abstractedly laid the magazine and an envelope down on the news stand and hurried away.
She returned, all out of breath.
"Where—where," she stammered faintly, "is the envelope I left here a few minutes ago?"
"Here," said Joe, and he picked it up from the stand where it still lay.
"O—O, thank God," said the woman.
"Here—here is a reward for you, my boy."
And she handed Joe $1.
"And what d'ye think?" said Joe later. "She said there was $20,000 in that envelope. She was just going to put it in a deposit box."
CHICAGO—Joe Stein runs a news stand at Randolph and Dearborn Sts. During the rush hour last evening a woman purchased a magazine from Joe. She abstractedly laid the magazine and an envelope down on the news stand and hurried away.
She returned, all out of breath.
"Where—where," she stammered faintly, "is the envelope I left here a few minutes ago?"
"Here," said Joe, and he picked it up from the stand where it still lay.
"O—O, thank God," said the woman.
"Here—here is a reward for you, my boy."
And she handed Joe $1.
"And what d'ye think?" said Joe later. "She said there was $20,000 in that envelope. She was just going to put it in a deposit box."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Lost Envelope
Finder Reward
News Stand
$20,000
$1 Reward
What entities or persons were involved?
Joe Stein
Woman
Where did it happen?
Chicago, Randolph And Dearborn Sts.
Story Details
Key Persons
Joe Stein
Woman
Location
Chicago, Randolph And Dearborn Sts.
Event Date
Last Evening
Story Details
A woman accidentally leaves an envelope containing $20,000 on Joe Stein's news stand in Chicago, retrieves it upon returning, and rewards the honest finder with $1.