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Wage figures for frontier workers surfaced in list
A World Features Syndicate item from December 11 lists Revolutionary War soldier at 6.66 a month, stagecoach driver 12 to 20 dollars monthly, postmaster A Lincoln at 50 a year, Abilene marshal B Hickok at 150 a month, Chisholm Trail cowhand 30 a month, Erie Canal digger 37 to 50 cents a day, with Wild Bill taking 25 percent of fines.
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New Salem
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Chisholm Trail
Wild Bill
World Features Syndicate