Included is a mock battle at the fairgrounds involving several Army and militia units in which 20,000 rounds of ammunition are expended. No serious injuries are reported anywhere in the city, probably thanks to Chief Appleby's scrutiny. A new law limiting hours of work for women severely hurts Janesville factories and stores. Four masked men hold up Italian laborers living in bunk cars at a local rail yard and make off with money, guns and watches. Two days later, four frightened Italian immigrants return to the old country.
Local merchants ask the city council to reconsider and approve streetlights on posts.
Notices are sent to 40 businesses that they must clean up trash they have dumped on the Rock River banks. A jury of the Jackson Club decides an ordinance banning fortune-tellers would be unjust. Local mystics Z.O. Bowen and Prof. Harry Daverkosen appear to defend themselves to the delight of club members. A huge thunderstorm breaks the drought that has strangled Rock County all summer, but the storm's lightning ignites many barns. City council argues bitterly over paving Janesville streets.