Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1918 — TWAS 9 BELOW ZERO DECEMBER 10, 1917 [ARTICLE]

TWAS 9 BELOW ZERO DECEMBER 10, 1917

A year ago yesterday the official thermometer registered 9 degrees below zero and there great suffering from the cold. Many people were without fuel and it Was impossible for local dealers to supply the demand. Yesterday that same thermometer at St. Joseph college registered 56 degrees above zero, a difference of 65 degrees in the temperature. Last night there were heavy rain showers. There was no suffering from the cold. Last year there was cold weather —this year the “flu.”