Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1917 — TWENTY-TWO DEGREES BELOW [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-TWO DEGREES BELOW

Mercury Dropped Friday Night to Lowest Point in Years. The apex of our December cold wave was reached Friday night when the quick-silver in the government thermometer out at St. Joseph’s college ducked to twentytwo degrees below zero. This was the lowest point the mercury has reached in this section of the country for several years and perhaps the lowest for December in history. Saturday and Sunday nights were also down to zero, but Sunday and Monday were bright and pleasant except for the cold. Monday night was quite a bit warmer, a little rain falling during the night and making the walks a glare of ice yesterday morning. The day was partly cloudy and at 2 p. m., the mercury in the shade stood at 10 degrees above freezing, and the snow. was melting fast.