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1906

Janesville dealers invested over two million dollars in buying the 1906 tobacco crop; assorting and handling it employed over 950 men and women for several months.

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1906During 1906

The Salmon brothers' enlarged plant and business was sold to the merger company, the Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company, for $300,000, Mr. Salmon becoming president and treasurer of the merger company.

Beloit1906During 1906

The Masonic society, which had met in the upper story of Morris C. Smith's block for many years, bought their own building.

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Rock County1906

Janesville dealers invested over two million dollars in buying the 1906 tobacco crop; assorting and handling it employed over 950 men and women for several months.

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In buying the 1906 crop the Janesville dealers invested over two millions of dollars, and assorting and handling of this crop gave employment to over 950 men and women for several months. The Janesville dealers buy heavily in other sections of Wisconsin where tobacco is raised, notably Dane and Viroqua counties.

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. 2, PDF p. 58 / book p. 570

1906

Rock CountyA

1906

Janesville dealers invested over two million dollars in buying the 1906 tobacco crop; assorting and handling it employed over 950 men and women for several months.

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Rock County1906

Janesville dealers invested over two million dollars in buying the 1906 tobacco crop; assorting and handling it employed over 950 men and women for several months.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

In buying the 1906 crop the Janesville dealers invested over two millions of dollars, and assorting and handling of this crop gave employment to over 950 men and women for several months. The Janesville dealers buy heavily in other sections of Wisconsin where tobacco is raised, notably Dane and Viroqua counties.