Timeline / 1923

1923

In June 1923, an interurban train struck a car at Yost Park (now Big Hill Park, just north of Beloit off Afton Road), instantly killing Rudolph Haberle, 27, of Beloit; two passengers, Dorothy Davenport, 27, of Whitewater, and Viola Murray, 24, of Beloit, later died from their injuries. ↗

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

PropertyJune 1923Month

A news column dated June 25 mentions a picnic at Yost's park in a fragment that also refers to the Hanover ball club (the passage is fragmentary and gives no exact date).

PropertyJune 1923Month

A dance was held (or advertised) at Yost Park on a Friday and Saturday, announced in the June 15 edition of the Janesville Daily Gazette (the passage is fragmentary).

PropertyJune 5, 1923

An interurban train struck a car at Yost Park (now Big Hill Park, just north of Beloit off Afton Road), instantly killing Rudolph Haberle, 27, of Beloit; two passengers, Dorothy Davenport, 27, of Whitewater, and Viola Murray, 24, of Beloit, later died from their injuries.

PropertyJune 8, 1923

The junior-senior annual picnic was to be held after school on this Friday, at either Yost or Riverside park, with the location depending on the number of automobiles that could be secured; more than 200 were expected to attend, and the program was to consist of games, a big supper, and dancing, with faculty members and other outsiders as guests.

July

Nothing recorded close to home this month.

August

PropertyAugust 1923Month

A "first annual" event connected with a Spanish-America[n] organization and its auxiliaries was scheduled at Yost Park on a Sunday, announced in the August 25 edition; those invited were to take part in the program and games were to be played (the passage is fragmentary).

September

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October

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November

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December

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During 1923

No events dated only to 1923.

Events the sources date to the year alone appear here.