Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)

Hand Book of Beloit, 1889. Beloit, Wisconsin: Shumaker & McCabe, 1889. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/43BJAUQW4DW228B.

What the corpus of the 1889 Hand-Book of Beloit holds: a city directory of about 2,550 residents with address and occupation, the fold-out Map of Beloit, and the Yosts of 628 Pleasant Street.

Transcribed page by page: 58,193 words. Each page keeps its printed page number, so every quotation on the site can be checked against it.

Section	Pages	Words
Front matter and presentation — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	11 pages, to PDF p. 11 / book p. 10	1,489	For subscribers
Index; where to go and what to get — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	7 pages, to PDF p. 17 / book p. 16	4,944	For subscribers
Churches of Beloit — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	7 pages, to PDF p. 23 / book p. 22	1,746	For subscribers
Societies of Beloit — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	9 pages, to PDF p. 31 / book p. 30	2,812	For subscribers
Miscellaneous — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	7 pages, to PDF p. 37 / book p. 36	2,321	For subscribers
College directory — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	7 pages, to PDF p. 43 / book p. 42	2,261	For subscribers
Street and avenue guide — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	7 pages, to PDF p. 49 / book p. 48	1,724	For subscribers
Calendar; the map of Beloit; railroad time-tables; office hours; telephones — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	12 pages, to PDF p. 60 / book p. 60	3,613	For subscribers
Directory of Beloit: residents, A to G — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	33 pages, to PDF p. 92 / book p. 92	14,369	For subscribers
Directory of Beloit: residents, H to Z — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	36 pages, to PDF p. 127 / book p. 128	18,698	For subscribers
Classified business directory — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	9 pages, to PDF p. 135 / book p. 136	2,885	For subscribers
Changes and additions; back matter — Hand-Book of Beloit (1889)	6 pages, to PDF p. 140	1,331	For subscribers