2BeloitAugust 1, 1907Beloit's first public streetcars officially begin operations on the East loop using cars temporarily loaned from Rockford, Illinois, following an opening ceremony where company president Joel B. Dow and the mayor drove ceremonial gold and silver spikes into the first rail.
1PropertyAugust 14, 1907A Grand Army picnic on a larger scale was scheduled at Yost's park, with posts from Fort Atkinson, Evansville, Edgerton, Whitewater and Milton joining the Janesville post.