February 25, 1908

An elderly Beloit resident (not named in the passage, described as having begun life as a poor German boy) died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit.

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertyMay 1908Month

The Janesville and Beloit teams of the new Trolley League met at Yost's Park; both teams had won their games the previous Sunday (reported in the Janesville Daily Gazette of Saturday, May 9, 1908, for a game the following day).

PropertyOctober 1908Month

The summer cottage of Edward Fairchild at Yost's park, near Beloit, was destroyed by fire (reported in issues of October 15, 1908).

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BeloitFebruary 25, 1908

An elderly Beloit resident (not named in the passage, described as having begun life as a poor German boy) died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit.

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During his last illness he took great comfort and a proper pride in the assurance that, beginning as a poor and ignorant German boy in a strange land, he had been enabled, though of a naturally passionate temper, to live a long and useful life, free from anything dishonest or degrading, had brought up children who were filling honorable places, and had been allowed to have and enjoy the respect of his comrades and of other fellow citizens. After a week of severe suffering that medical skill and kind care could not prevent, he died in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit, Wis., at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, February 25, 1908.

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. 2, PDF p. 602 / book p. 1086

1908 / February 25

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February 25, 1908

An elderly Beloit resident (not named in the passage, described as having begun life as a poor German boy) died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit.

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BeloitFebruary 25, 1908

An elderly Beloit resident (not named in the passage, described as having begun life as a poor German boy) died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

During his last illness he took great comfort and a proper pride in the assurance that, beginning as a poor and ignorant German boy in a strange land, he had been enabled, though of a naturally passionate temper, to live a long and useful life, free from anything dishonest or degrading, had brought up children who were filling honorable places, and had been allowed to have and enjoy the respect of his comrades and of other fellow citizens. After a week of severe suffering that medical skill and kind care could not prevent, he died in his room at the Savoy house in Beloit, Wis., at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, February 25, 1908.