Fall 1898

A fountain pen and ink manufacturer purchased the four-story double McKeys building on South Main street.

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertyJuly 1898Month

The mill of the Blodgett Milling Company was almost totally destroyed by fire.

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The evidence

BeloitFall 1898

A fountain pen and ink manufacturer purchased the four-story double McKeys building on South Main street.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Parker in the company after a few years, and owing to the efforts of these two gentlemen the concern has made enormous progress. For a few years they occupied small quarters in the opera house block, but in 1898 the business had grown so that they purchased the four-story double building owned by the McKeys on South Main street, and since that time have occupied the three upper stories in the manufacture of fountain pens, inks and like allied articles.

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. 68 / book p. 580

1898 / Fall

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Fall 1898

A fountain pen and ink manufacturer purchased the four-story double McKeys building on South Main street.

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The evidence

BeloitFall 1898

A fountain pen and ink manufacturer purchased the four-story double McKeys building on South Main street.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Parker in the company after a few years, and owing to the efforts of these two gentlemen the concern has made enormous progress. For a few years they occupied small quarters in the opera house block, but in 1898 the business had grown so that they purchased the four-story double building owned by the McKeys on South Main street, and since that time have occupied the three upper stories in the manufacture of fountain pens, inks and like allied articles.