Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — HEAT RECORD FOR THE YEAR BROKEN FRIDAY. [ARTICLE]

HEAT RECORD FOR THE YEAR BROKEN FRIDAY.

All heat records for the year 1919 were smashed Friday when the mercury mounted the tube to the 101degree • mark. The previous high mark was 100. There has 'been a steady heat throughout the month and ppacticlailly every day has found the merIcury hovering between 90 and 100 degrees. Very little rain has fallen during this period and farmers are beginning to grow.fearful lest their yields will 'be greatly diminished lowing to the absence of rain. On the other hand, eastern and middle western States are reporting too .much rain. Com ite being the hardest hit in this county and the wheat crop ife also suffering. The ground is so dry that the soil is like powder, and those who have (tramped over (the fields will attest to the dryness because off the fine dust penetrating into their clothing and even to their skin. The weather foreclast for today a|nd Sunday is fair and warmer weather, but it is to ibe hoped that the weatherman is wrong in his predicitions and that an abundant rainflal will be our lot instead. '