Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1914 — Annual Bliszard Came On G. Washington’s Birthday. [ARTICLE]

Annual Bliszard Came On G. Washington’s Birthday.

If our memory has not deceived us this is the third successive year that a snowstorm blizzard has occurred on George Washington’s birthday. Possibly this is to remind us of that dreadful winter during the campaign of Valley Forge. There was not so much snow as there was blow and cold/ The mercury kept well below freezing all day Sunday and a cold wind made the day very disagreeable. Probably four inches of snow fell and this blew into drifts and impeded travel. During Sunday night the mercury sank to five above zero and the wind intensified and this Monday morning was undoubsmiy the most disagreeable of the winter, although not so' cold as several days. Mr. G. Hog is fulfilling his shadow prophecy with' remarkable vigor. -- t ~ ’ "...

This storm is quite general all over the northwest, where it was more vigorous than in this latitude The,temperature is expected to moderate Tuesday or Wednesday.