Winter 1904

The law requiring town treasurers to withhold ten cents per pupil for library books was repealed and a new one made.

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1904During 1904

The Beloit National bank purchased the Carpenter block at the east end of the bridge on the north side of East Grand avenue and moved there.

CountyJanuary 30, 1904

The First Church of Janesville (Methodist) and the Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church were consolidated, forming the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, which met in the Court Street Church building.

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Nation & worldWinter 1904

The law requiring town treasurers to withhold ten cents per pupil for library books was repealed and a new one made.

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Another law for the improvement of our schools, passed by the Wisconsin state legislature of 1904-5, makes it the duty of the county superintendent to call one or more school board conventions each year. At the first of these, held August 17, 1905, seventy-five out of eighty-two school districts were represented by 133 school officers, and the various problems connected with the conduct of district schools were profitably considered. Another recent change tending toward more efficient administration is the following : For many years it has been the duty of the town treasurer to keep back ten cents for each pupil of school age in his town, and with this money the town clerk was to purchase library books for the several districts. In the winter of 1904 and 1905 that law was repealed and a new one made which

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. 262 / book p. 240

1904 / Winter

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Winter 1904

The law requiring town treasurers to withhold ten cents per pupil for library books was repealed and a new one made.

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The evidence

Nation & worldWinter 1904

The law requiring town treasurers to withhold ten cents per pupil for library books was repealed and a new one made.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Another law for the improvement of our schools, passed by the Wisconsin state legislature of 1904-5, makes it the duty of the county superintendent to call one or more school board conventions each year. At the first of these, held August 17, 1905, seventy-five out of eighty-two school districts were represented by 133 school officers, and the various problems connected with the conduct of district schools were profitably considered. Another recent change tending toward more efficient administration is the following : For many years it has been the duty of the town treasurer to keep back ten cents for each pupil of school age in his town, and with this money the town clerk was to purchase library books for the several districts. In the winter of 1904 and 1905 that law was repealed and a new one made which