Mitheral
"Growf!"
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Mitheral
"Growf!"
Each marshal received a base annual salary of $200 through much of the 19th century. Yet he could earn up to $4,000 annually, by earning a percentage of fees for serving subpoenas, warrants and handling other court matters. However, he had to share such fees with his deputies.
Those fees included: serving papers, $2; arrests, $4; mileage, 5¢ per mile. These amounts were gradually elevated.
The income of a local sheriff came primarily from collecting taxes. This could be lucrative in areas where railroads and mines were located.
While cows were the point, cowboys did make pay for the drive. A trail boss could earn as much as $125 a month, the average Old West cowboy drew $25 to $40 a month.
Teacher (male in CA) about $75 per month
Teacher (female in CA) about $60 per month
Teacher (AZ Territory) about $40 per month collected from parents (if you can)
Apothecary $40-50 per month
Nurse $25-35 per month
train engineer: $100
~ carpenter: $37
~ teacher: $40
~ house servant: $8
~ ranch foreman: $115
~ sales girl: $12
~ ranch hand: $30 (+ housing & food)
~ factory worker: $35
~ child factory worker: $8
~ laundress (washerwoman): $12
~ soldier: $13
~ streetcar driver: $43
Food costs
Wheat per bushel $1.02
Horse, average workhorse $150
Flour per barrel $3.00
Horse, good saddle horse $200
Corn per bushel 40 cents .
Molasses, gallon 15 cents
Saddle $30
Mess pork per barrel $9
cowboy saddle $60
Mess beef per barrel $8
Harness $50
Lard per pound 6 cents .
1870 Catalogue of Goods list
https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/1870CatalogueofGoods.pdf
for example, medical fees for 1830/50 was:
Urban Philadelphia rural New York
Advice giver in office $ 1-10 $ 0.50
Written advice $ 5-20 ?
House call $ 1-2 $ 0.50
House call per mile $ 1 $ 0.50
Night house call $ 5-10 $ 0.75
Vaccination $ 5 $ 1
Labor and delivery $ 10-30 $ 4
Reduction of fracture $ 5-10 $ 2-10
Hernia, reduction by operation $ 25-100 $ 20
Others 1818/20 tailoring prices:
To making pantaloons $ 0.32
To footing stockings $ 0.25
To making vest $ 0.42
To silk and twill for vest $ 0.12
four yards of cotton shirting $ 1.32
two yards of woolen cloth $ 2.66
To trimming and making pantaloons $ 0.33
One pair of woolen stockings $ 0.50
two yards and a quarter of woolen cloth $ 3.95
making coat $ 1.50
14 gilt buttons $ 0.50
It is too early for my research, I cannot say how these amounts moved in 1870/90.
Those fees included: serving papers, $2; arrests, $4; mileage, 5¢ per mile. These amounts were gradually elevated.
The income of a local sheriff came primarily from collecting taxes. This could be lucrative in areas where railroads and mines were located.
While cows were the point, cowboys did make pay for the drive. A trail boss could earn as much as $125 a month, the average Old West cowboy drew $25 to $40 a month.
Teacher (male in CA) about $75 per month
Teacher (female in CA) about $60 per month
Teacher (AZ Territory) about $40 per month collected from parents (if you can)
Apothecary $40-50 per month
Nurse $25-35 per month
train engineer: $100
~ carpenter: $37
~ teacher: $40
~ house servant: $8
~ ranch foreman: $115
~ sales girl: $12
~ ranch hand: $30 (+ housing & food)
~ factory worker: $35
~ child factory worker: $8
~ laundress (washerwoman): $12
~ soldier: $13
~ streetcar driver: $43
Food costs
Wheat per bushel $1.02
Horse, average workhorse $150
Flour per barrel $3.00
Horse, good saddle horse $200
Corn per bushel 40 cents .
Molasses, gallon 15 cents
Saddle $30
Mess pork per barrel $9
cowboy saddle $60
Mess beef per barrel $8
Harness $50
Lard per pound 6 cents .
1870 Catalogue of Goods list
https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/1870CatalogueofGoods.pdf
for example, medical fees for 1830/50 was:
Urban Philadelphia rural New York
Advice giver in office $ 1-10 $ 0.50
Written advice $ 5-20 ?
House call $ 1-2 $ 0.50
House call per mile $ 1 $ 0.50
Night house call $ 5-10 $ 0.75
Vaccination $ 5 $ 1
Labor and delivery $ 10-30 $ 4
Reduction of fracture $ 5-10 $ 2-10
Hernia, reduction by operation $ 25-100 $ 20
Others 1818/20 tailoring prices:
To making pantaloons $ 0.32
To footing stockings $ 0.25
To making vest $ 0.42
To silk and twill for vest $ 0.12
four yards of cotton shirting $ 1.32
two yards of woolen cloth $ 2.66
To trimming and making pantaloons $ 0.33
One pair of woolen stockings $ 0.50
two yards and a quarter of woolen cloth $ 3.95
making coat $ 1.50
14 gilt buttons $ 0.50
It is too early for my research, I cannot say how these amounts moved in 1870/90.
