And 27 local people are arrested throughout the year for the crime of giving or selling alcohol to soldiers. Janesville celebrates the Armistice in Europe. People danced in the streets for hours, paraded and built huge bonfires. Business was dispensed with and dignity forgotten. Five drunken driving arrests are made during the year.
Rail accidents kill three people during the year.
T.W. Nuzum, J.F. Pember and T.J. Snodgrass become partners and start a clinic that will evolve into Riverview Clinic. Norwegian Lutheran Church, founded in 1852, changes its name to First Lutheran Church. English services offered at St. John's Lutheran Church, the city's second German Lutheran congregation, which formed in 1890. Order yours, send one to a friend or relative. Bliss Communication Inc. All rights reserved.