The Janesville Gazette August 1985 Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

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Articles (numbers are for convenience and not part of the original newspaper): Janesville's Yesteryears, 1835-1985 (Section E) 1 - Prologue 2 - 'Yesteryears' a collaborative effort Labor (Section E) 3 - Workers played key role in building city 4 - Occupations varied in 1849 5 - Union organizer: 'Nothing to lose' 6 - Work conditions led to a 1937 strike Military (Section E) - Stories by Dave Miess 7 - City at forefront from Civil War to Vietnam 8 - Old Abe: Mascot died a hero 9 - Death march: 10 days of hell 10 - City camp housed POWs 11 - Prisoners created curiosity Sports (Section E) - Stories by Dave Wedward, Ken Veloskey & Mike Woods 12 - Winning nothing new for local teams 13 - Sorenson was pioneer of the links 14 - Rivalry: Dawson was on both sides in Janesville-Beloit duel 15 - 1870 team leads off city's baseball lineup 16 - Monterey happened - twice Agriculture (Section F) - Stories by Anna Marie Lux 17 - Early farming was no easy chore 18 - First State Fair held in Janesville 19 - Rock County Farm Bureau a pioneer 20 - Craig is father of 4-H Fair here Architecture (Section F) - Stories by John Halverson 21 - City's growth seen in changing skyline 22 - City had state's finest hotel 23 - Early structures still impress 24 - A walking tour of historic homes Business (Section G) - Stories by Mike DuPre' 25 - Water power turned wheels of first industry 26 - Lappin was city's first merchant 27 - Parker helped to write history 28 - Samson paved the way for GM 29 - Riverboats plied Rock's waters 30 - Telephone war started before turn of century 31 - 1st child born in '36 32 - Pen, buckle among Janesville inventions 33 - Binder inventor lived here 34 - Janesville company turned on the lights in 1880 35 - City lured shoppers in the 1800s 36 - Windy John talked much but did little 37 - Businesses in war effort 38 - Banks founded in city in 1800s 39 - Janesville was among state's first train cities 40 - Insurance firm started in Janesville 41 - City's valuation passed $10 million back in 1908 Police / Fire (Section H) 42 - Crimes have captured attention, headlines 43 - Mr. X: Man from nowhere baffled city police 44 - Bucket brigade fought Janesville's early fires 45 - Horses gave way to 'steel monsters' in 1924 46 - Janesville's fire chiefs 47 - 1855 lynching traumatic for fledgling city 48 - Pity those who angered the 'Temple of Doom' 49 - Fire Police were always at the scene 50 - 1940s law aimed at lady barflys 51 - Rash of fires in early 1870s 52 - Snake venom death plot is among strangest crimes 53 - Father-son chiefs held office 32 years 54 - First police force formed in 1853 55 - Janesville has had 20 chiefs or marshals 56 - First election in cabin 57 - Janesville firemen had rules 58 - The murder that wasn't 59 - Land speculators numerous in 1800s Government (Section I) - Stories by Don Huebscher & Jim Dowd 60 - City pioneered new structure of government 61 - Janes termed bold, restless 62 - Traxler helped shape the city 63 - River divided politicians 64 - A. Hyatt Smith was first mayor 65 - 40 men have led city hall 66 - Courthouse site first public land Fashion (Section I) - Stories by Shelly Birkelo 67 - City followed national trends 68 - What shoes, hats looked like in1830s 69 - Here's a hairy history lesson 70 - Janesville may have had first Dollar Days in U.S. 71 - What people did for fun 72 - World War I ended Education (Section J) - Stories by Marcia Nelesen 73 - Frances Willard: A driving force in social reform 74 - Schools make the grade 75 - Ghostbusting - High school groundbreaking unearthed corpses 76 - Salary of one teacher ran district back in '95 77 - Woman active in education 78 - Educator fought graft, slavery 79 - YMCA started here back in 1867; local YWCA in 1921 80 - One man was Janesville mayor four times 81 - Still bookin' at 100 Weather (Section J) - Stories by Jim Dowd 82 - Mother Nature has shown her fury 83 - Early resident kept diary of city weather for 50 years Religion (Section K) - Stories by Pat Burkhard 84 - Circuit preacher gave first sermon in cabin 85 - Congregationalists met in 1840s 86 - Brother Dutton noted for helping lepers 87 - Church began with 12 members 88 - St. Pat's roots go back to 1844 89 - Blessing of 1859 Potpourri (Section K) 90 - Myth - Tallman House probably not part of underground railroad 91 - Lincoln, Grant, Truman all visited Janesville 92 - City didn't bow easily to call for prohibition 93 - School used clay 94 - Remembering those who helped shape Janesville 95 - Janesville eyed as territorial capital 96 - Author denied credit for 40 years 97 - Forgotten places remembered 98 - Historical Society started back in 1948 99 - Tobacco industry big in 1880s 100 - 1855 businesses at a glance 101 - miscellaneous photos not related to stories Medicine (Section L) - Stories by Carla McCann 102 - Hospital began in rented house 103 - Pioneer doctors fought epidemics, Divine Providence 104 - 1st heart surgeon once lived here 105 - TB facility was well equipped 106 - Health fears prompted garbage collection 107 - First mail in '37 108 - First steamboat came Media (Section L) - Stories by Scott Angus 109 - Newspapers have recorded history of city 110 - Bliss family guided growth of the Gazette 111 - WCLO moved to city from Kenosha in 1930 112 - Big benefit in 1875 113 - Movie houses started at turn of century 114 - City has seen many newspapers come and go 115 - Eastern teacher founded Gazette 116 - Odd headlines in early papers The Future (Section L) - Stories by Dan Huebscher 117 - Life in 50 years? Janesville will have 80,000 people, third high school 118 - More robots, fewer farms, replaceable body parts

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