Only two people die in rail accidents here in the first half of 1913. The site is the same of the current Bank One, which eventually acquires First National. The city's young men follow suit. Mercy Hospital installs its first X-ray machine. Janesville reports second lowest per-capita cost of municipal government in the state.
County board provides a stone pile for jail prisoners to work on over the winter.
Though the first half of the year was relatively safe on the railways, nine people are killed on the tracks in the second half. St. Mary's Catholic Church establishes its parish school, becoming Janesville's second Catholic elementary school. The first edition of Century of Stories apparently incorrectly reported two Catholic elementary schools in 1902. Further research indicates that St. Joseph's probably evolved into St. Patrick's. Order yours, send one to a friend or relative.