January 18, 1908

The Julius Marquissee tobacco warehouse at the foot of South Franklin street was totally destroyed by fire, with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000 in the packing alone.

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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BeloitJanuary 18, 1908

The Julius Marquissee tobacco warehouse at the foot of South Franklin street was totally destroyed by fire, with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000 in the packing alone.

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The amount of money invested in the tobacco crop is shown by the loss in a fire which has just occurred (January 18, 1908), where the Julius Marquissee warehouse, situated at the foot of South Franklin street, was totally destroyed with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000, in the packing alone.

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. 58 / book p. 570

1908 / January 18

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January 18, 1908

The Julius Marquissee tobacco warehouse at the foot of South Franklin street was totally destroyed by fire, with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000 in the packing alone.

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BeloitJanuary 18, 1908

The Julius Marquissee tobacco warehouse at the foot of South Franklin street was totally destroyed by fire, with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000 in the packing alone.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The amount of money invested in the tobacco crop is shown by the loss in a fire which has just occurred (January 18, 1908), where the Julius Marquissee warehouse, situated at the foot of South Franklin street, was totally destroyed with the packing therein, entailing a loss of over $200,000, in the packing alone.