Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1899 — HOTTEST OF THE YEAR. [ARTICLE]

HOTTEST OF THE YEAR.

Cities in Several States Sufferel from the Heat Thursday. According to telegraphic reports from many of the cities surrounding Chicago, Thursday was the hottest day of the year. The warm wave was not confined to Illinois alone, but extended over Nebraska, Indiana, lowa and Ohio. In Springfield, 111., the maximum temperature was 97 degrees, while thermometers on the street registered as high As 102 degrees, making it the warmest day of the year. Bloomington also suffered, with the thermometer at the 100 mark, and at Alhambra it was 103 in the shade. At Omaha the mercury reached the 92 mark and higher temperature is reported from the southern part of the State. Like reports come from Anderson, Ind., where there were several prostrations. At Cincinnati it was so warm citizens were leaving the city for a cooler «dimate. It took ten trains to transport tue peop.*' who left that city Thursday for the north on account of the heat. Chicagoans suffered from the humidity of the atmosphere. Although the temperature ranged only from 68 to 78, the humidity during the afternoon reached 87 per cent, making the air muggy and oppressive.