Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1918 — FIRST BLIZZARD HITS CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

FIRST BLIZZARD HITS CHICAGO

Long Summer Ended by Snow Storm That Elude* Weather Man. 1 Scooped again! “Chicago and vicinity—cloudy Friday,” was the per* fectly good v/eather forecast shot to pieces by the infant blizzard which struck tlw city shortly before noon Friday. - ' • After a protracted summer overshoes and heavies are in order, find the snow ball will take the place of baseball as the sport of-young Chicago. If it does not freeze before midnight the record of 1902 will be equaled. In that year it did not freeze until Nov. 23, according to the records of the weather bureau. The temperature reported late today was 34. » ' '