Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1915 — Heat Waves Ruin Crops. [ARTICLE]

Heat Waves Ruin Crops.

A scorching heat wave hovered over the eastern part of the United States from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast Tuesday, causing suffering in the cities and seriously damaging the crops. Reports to the weather bureau told of temperatures exceeding the highest ever recorded in any previous April.