Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2017-09-01 5:11 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > > I never said I made $60,000 delivering papers. I had three
> > > adjacent routes, about 150 customers. We didn't walk, we knew
> > > how to ride a bicycle. With 3 routes I made about $30 each per
> > > week, plus tips, and very good tips at XMas. I never had a
> > > problem getting paid. Most long time customers paid monthly so I
> > > didn't need to bother them every week.
> >
> > The average income for men in 1950 was 90$ a week.
> > https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/p...ages/1950-1959
> >
> > The average cost of newspapers was 5 cents. Subscription was less.
> > THat at most generous is .28 per week thenper customer. Thats a
> > total BILL at most of 42 dollars a week for 150 people. No way
> > they tipped you in addition a little over the cost of the paper per
> > person.
> >
> > What you may have made was at top end, 10$ a week. That is very top
> > end though and would involve 1cent per paper with 7 day a week
> > delivery in tips.
> >
> > Reality? 3-5$ tops a week.
>
> Newspapers were a dime and the weekly subscription was 50 cents. My
> 40 customer route only grossed $20, and then I had to pay for the
> papers. I would be lucky to get $2 per week. Tips, if I got them were
> like 5 or 10 cents.

That was 1960+ paper price right? Sheldon is 1950's and apt to be 1955
or so for this.

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