Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
COLD WINTER COMING
If Representations Are Believed a
Severe Test is in Sight.
II WILL CAUSE GREAT SUFFERING
Gold is Due Early in October and a
Plentiful Supply Promised for This
vicinity-cold to Extend Over the
Entire Country.

Ottumwans who expect to remain
In this country during the coming win
ter months may expect some frig1d
weather if the representations of
Prof. Irl R. Hicks come true. Not
only will this locality get an extra SER
vice of cold weather but it is given
the whole country with a lavish hand.
He says this winter will be severe
and early one, with extreme cold
waves and good ice crops.
Heavy snowfalls with attendant
tblockades, severe billiards. and bitter
cold weather west of the Mississippi
river are promised, causing great suf-
fering.
Heavk snowfalls and billiards. over
the lake regions and North Atlantic
coast, eastern and New England
states. Heavy snowfalls over the
mountain districts and over the states
of Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia Illinois, Tennes-
see and Ohio river valley. Early snow
and cold weather over the south.
October, 19O1-The month of Octo-
her will be month of rain, frost and
bleak winds. Heavy rainfall over all
river points, causing big rivers. Sc
we're storms.
Between 1st and 5th - Hurricane
along the south Atlantic coast and on
the Atlantic ocean.
Between 9th and 7th-Severe storm
over the northwest.
Between 10th and 17th-Heavy rains
over the Ohio YAH and Tennessee.
Heavy gales over gree. lakes. Blizzard
over sections of Missouri and fierce
snowstorms over the southwest.
Between 26th and 91st-Severe
storm or hurricane over the West In.
dies.
Between the list and 5th snow along
the Rocky Mountain slope. Heavy
snow at Utah Hurricanes along the
south Atlantic coast. Severe through
South Carolina and Atlanta, Ga, on
the Atlantic ocean. Winds very high
doing damage and causing loss of pro
perty among the sea islands off the
Georgia and South Carolina coasts.
Snow and rain over the state OF
Colorado Freezing weather from Min
nesota westward. Frost at Duluth
and killing frost in Montana and in
the Dakota's; rain on the Atlantic
slope Snowstorm in the extreme
Northwest Minnesota. Rain over Hi
nois, and cold, near freezing weather
in Upper Missouri. Heavy rain ovel
Ohio. Tennessee. Indiana, Michigan
and West Virginia. Heavy rainstorn
through Kentucky, causing dangerou:
rises in streams. Heavy rains through
Lake Erie regions. Frost through
Minnesota and killing frost in Western
Nebraska, and heavy rain along thu
Ohio river and headwaters, causin,
big rises in the Allegheny, Mononga
hela and Ohio rivers and Kanawh;
and Big Sandy rivers. Rain over tn,
Atlantic shore.
Heavy frost at New York. Heavy
killing frost over the upper lake re
gions and the Northwest. Rains owe
Arkansas and portions of Texas.
Between 9Th and 7th-Thunder
storms and rain from Minnesota tt
Texas. Heavy rains and high wind
through the states of Ohio, Indian
and Kentucky and the upper lake res
ions, covering the territory betwee
the Upper Mississippi Valley and tn
Allegheny, and through Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas. Severe storm
through the northwest. Heavy raj
at ST. Louis, Cairo, Louisville and u
the Mississippi to st. Paul.
Between the Sth and 10th-Storn
heavy rain and high winds throug
the Alleghenies and Upper Mississippi
(. Valley, followed by heavy frost. Heav
rain through Illinois, Missouri and oy
err the Atlantic states. Thunderstorm
and rain in the Upper Mississippi Va
ley, storm over the Lower Lakes an
Michigan: frost in the Lower Missoul
Valley and North Atlantic Coast re
gion. Fierce storm over Lake Mich
gan.
Between 18th and 15th-Snow 8
Chicago and that section of Illinois
with cold, high winds and high gale
on the lakes. Frost from Michiga
southwark to the gulf regions, Xii
ing frost in Michigan and northern Ill
nois. Severe storms and high see
on the Atlantic. Frost in many place
through Iowa. Storms in the lowe
lake region. Wintery condition ar
winter storms over portions of IL
southwest, severe at Kansas Cit
Heavy rain through Iowa, Nilsson
and Eastern Kansas. Heavy rainfa
in the Mississippi valley to Texa
High, cold winds with snow at, S
Louis. Severe storm in the upp,