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December 24, 1910
The Fairmont West Virginian
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Local merchant tailor Abe H. Hustead finds a large roll of money, including a $50 bill, in a customer's clothes pocket while cleaning them and promptly returns it via telephone without accepting a reward, praised for his honesty.
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To be called up by telephone and told that if you would come down to give you a large roll of money and you were to go there and be handed over the "dough" around which was a crisp new fifty dollar "yellow fellow," you would feel kind of good, would you not?
Well, that is just the kind of a feeling a local business man had last evening when Abe H. Hustead, the well-known young merchant tailor and clothes cleaner, did at his place of business on Jackson street.
The clothes were sent down in the afternoon by the man and when Mr. Hustead felt into the pockets before dusting them he found the big roll of money with a rubber band about it. Then he got busy on the 'phone. He would accept no reward for his honesty.
You will notice that Abe's second initial is "H," that must be for honest, at least the owner of the clothes thinks so, "Honest Abe" by Hustead's name.
Well, that is just the kind of a feeling a local business man had last evening when Abe H. Hustead, the well-known young merchant tailor and clothes cleaner, did at his place of business on Jackson street.
The clothes were sent down in the afternoon by the man and when Mr. Hustead felt into the pockets before dusting them he found the big roll of money with a rubber band about it. Then he got busy on the 'phone. He would accept no reward for his honesty.
You will notice that Abe's second initial is "H," that must be for honest, at least the owner of the clothes thinks so, "Honest Abe" by Hustead's name.
What sub-type of article is it?
Heroic Act
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Honesty
Lost Money
Tailor
Reward Refusal
Business Man
What entities or persons were involved?
Abe H. Hustead
Where did it happen?
Jackson Street
Story Details
Key Persons
Abe H. Hustead
Location
Jackson Street
Event Date
Last Evening
Story Details
Abe H. Hustead discovers a large roll of money in a customer's clothes while cleaning and returns it promptly via telephone, refusing any reward and earning the nickname 'Honest Abe'.