Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — Says Moon Has No Effect [ARTICLE]

Says Moon Has No Effect

Illinois Weather Prognoiticatof Ridicule* Old Theories

H. M. Willis, official weather prognosticator at Springfield, 111., throws a the pet theory that the noon has a great deal to do with the vegetable, animal and human life growth. It is all bunk, he says. Hark-’ en to him: "We have calls every day seeking the phase of the moon from people who are rnprompluting planting something or who believe it has some effect on human life. The moon has no on human life on the earth’s surface. The only effect It has on conditions on the earth’s surface is that it draws the tides. Under proper conditions of the sky, the only ivay the moon can affect human life is to furnish moonlight for young couples.”