Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1919 — MERCURY AT 85 IN N. Y. BRINGS OUT STRAW “LIDS” [ARTICLE]

MERCURY AT 85 IN N. Y. BRINGS OUT STRAW “LIDS”

New Vork, May s.—The hottest May day New York ever had -was like an afternoon’s stroll in the shade compared to the one New Yprk sweltered under tdday. At 2:30 p. m. the theremometer registered 85 degrees. The perspiring populace made a mad dash for the haberdasheries and by noon Manhattan was blooming with straw “Kelleys” and, even white flannels were reported. Thunderstonhs this evenirig broke the heat.