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Woman finds box with 3700 euros and returns everything to owner

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Maria de Jesus Moreira, a 58 years old municipal assistant, was praised on 28th August 2019 by the municipality of Viana do Castelo for having found a box with 3700 euros and a gold earring, in the Cabedelo area, on the 20th (August), and having returned everything to the owner, a restaurant owner.

Maria de Jesus Moreira did not rest until she was unable to return the money and has already declared that she never fell in an attempt to keep it. An invoice, which was not inside the box, with the professional contact of the owner of the money, was crucial for the return to be possible.

After two missed calls, the municipal assistant managed to contact the owner.

However, the board of directors of the Municipal Services of Basic Sanitation in Viana, where the woman works, highlighted her "sense of responsibility and altruism".

The amount found was the result of a day's work at the establishment, during the parties of Senhora d'Agonia, and it would have fallen on the street when the trader was driving home on a motorcycle. For altruism, the woman was rewarded by the businessman with 100 euros and a dinner at the restaurant.

TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI

Japanese leader known for his honesty and fairness

Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as a retainer of the prominent lord Oda Nobunaga to become one of the most powerful men in Japan. Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga after the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582 and continued Nobunaga's campaign to unite Japan that led to the closing of the Sengoku period. Hideyoshi became the de facto leader of Japan and acquired the prestigious positions of Chancellor of the Realm and Imperial Regent by the mid-1580s. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 to initial success, but eventual military stalemate damaged his prestige before his death in 1598. Hideyoshi's young son and successor Toyotomi Hideyori was displaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and would lead to the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Hideyoshi's rule covers most of the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japan, partially named after his castle, Momoyama Castle. Hideyoshi left an influential and lasting legacy in Japan, including Osaka Castle, the Tokugawa class system, the restriction on the possession of weapons to the samurai, and the construction and restoration of many temples some of which are still visible in Kyoto.