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1901

The benefactor (D. K. Pearsons) gave two hundred thousand dollars to match one hundred and fifty thousand contributed by others.

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County1901During 1901

The county erected a soldier's monument in the court house park, raising $10,000 for the purpose.

County1901During 1901

Charles K. (or the subject described) bought his present farm of 157 acres in Section 26, Spring Valley township.

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Nation & world1901

The benefactor (D. K. Pearsons) gave two hundred thousand dollars to match one hundred and fifty thousand contributed by others.

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K. Pearsons, and the same benefactor in 1901 gave two hundred thousand to match one hundred and fifty thousand dollars which had been contributed by others to meet his challenge. Other additions have been made by generous friends, so that the productive funds, which were four hundred thousand dollars in 1897, have already been more than doubled.

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. 343 / book p. 315

1901

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1901

The benefactor (D. K. Pearsons) gave two hundred thousand dollars to match one hundred and fifty thousand contributed by others.

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Nation & world1901

The benefactor (D. K. Pearsons) gave two hundred thousand dollars to match one hundred and fifty thousand contributed by others.

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K. Pearsons, and the same benefactor in 1901 gave two hundred thousand to match one hundred and fifty thousand dollars which had been contributed by others to meet his challenge. Other additions have been made by generous friends, so that the productive funds, which were four hundred thousand dollars in 1897, have already been more than doubled.