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1903

During the school year of 1903, in the first district, twenty-eight teachers received $20 to $25 per month and thirty-four received $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months.

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County1903During 1903

The Harrises incorporated their business as the Janesville Barbed Wire Company, with capital stock of $150,000.

Beloit1903During 1903

John Thompson retired from business and the company's capital stock was increased to $300,000; a modern plant was erected in South Beloit.

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The region1903

During the school year of 1903, in the first district, twenty-eight teachers received $20 to $25 per month and thirty-four received $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months.

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During the school year of 1903, in the first district twenty-eight teachers received from $20 to $25 per month, and thirty-four from $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months. Take out of that sum the cost of board and lodging and extra expense for books and dress, and the net cash return for each teacher seems to have been manifestly much less than that of the average farm laborer.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 260 / book p. 238

1903

The regionA

1903

During the school year of 1903, in the first district, twenty-eight teachers received $20 to $25 per month and thirty-four received $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months.

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The evidence

The region1903

During the school year of 1903, in the first district, twenty-eight teachers received $20 to $25 per month and thirty-four received $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

During the school year of 1903, in the first district twenty-eight teachers received from $20 to $25 per month, and thirty-four from $25 to $30 monthly for about eight months. Take out of that sum the cost of board and lodging and extra expense for books and dress, and the net cash return for each teacher seems to have been manifestly much less than that of the average farm laborer.