The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-16
twill BE GREAT A HEATED SPELL
Hot Weather Catches Sauk Centre
In Its Grasp
THE MERCURY SCARS
ASCends to a Point Near the Top of
Tube and Makes Humanity
Swelter and Suffer
Sauk Centre got a taste of +

Sauk Centre got a taste of rea
hot weather the past week.
The mercury climbed up close tc
the top of the tube and staid there
several days, while humanity swelter.
ed, and fumed and fused, and drank
beer, ice water, and soda fountain
products, and then couldn't keel
cool Or anywhere near it.
The heated term began on Thurs.
day of last week when the mercury
reached a point somewhere between
80 and 100 degrees in the shade and
was higher than that in the sun.
The heat continued all day long, but
a light breeze came up along towards
night and made things a little more
endurable.
Friday morning the weather man
started in bright and early to warm
up things. So industrious and so
successful was he that by seven
o'clock it was so hot in rooms with
east windows that persons trying to
sleep in said apartments had to give
it up and roll out for the day, dress
ing in rooms that seemed like furn-
aces. By eight o'clock the mercury
stood at 80 in the sun and an hour
later it had gone up another ten de-
grees. People stopped counting then
and simply-well, if you were here
you know what you did. The after
noon was one of the worst ever ex-
perienced here. Life was we'll nigh
uncomfortable. The mercury slid down
a little along towards evening but
at o'clock stood at IS in the
shade The night was very uncom-
Portable and sleep we'll nigh impossi-
BILE.
Saturday morning the heat let up
a trifle and then there was a breeze
from the north until along towards
five o'clock when it died down. At
S o'clock the mercury was at "a in
the shade. Sunday was some better
but hot enough. Monday morning
dawned much cooler and the day
was endurable up to noon at least.
There was one case of prostration
from the heat here. Friday fore
noon o. Strobeck, who lives near
Little Sauk, drove to Sauk Centre
bringing cream and farm produce to
market. His 12-year-old son came
along with him. After doing his
Mr.. Strobcck called at the
law office of d. C. Van Camp, his
son accompanying him. Shortly aftel
they entered the office the lad fell to
the floor unconscious. A physician
was called and diagnosed the case
as one of heat prostration. He was
pronerly treated and by O'Clock in
he afternoon had recovered sufficient |
" to return home with his father. |
No serious results followed.
w. B. Mitchell former owner of
he st. Cloud Journal-Press, suffer-
ID a sunstroke on the same day while
IT. Grand Lake and was unconscious
our or five hours. He was taken
% his home and treated and is now
about again as usual.
Sister Klemmel died at st. Joseph
friday as result of sunstrOke.
She was affected early in the day
md lived but short time.
Out-of- door work was almost i'm
possible during Friday and no one
n this locality exerted himself un-
ess absolutely necessary. Horses suf-
cred greatly and farmers spared them
IS much IS possible. Near Osakis
me farmer had a horse drop dead
rom the heat while at work culti
7ating corn.
Reports from the cities tell SINH
ar stories of fierce heat. Many
leaths occurred in New York, Chi
ago and other cities.
The extreme neat may have lurt
he crops a little in the Dako.as,
,ut in this vicinity no harm was
lone. The hot weather was just
What the corn needed to insure a
rop, as it had been backward on
ccount Of the frequent rains.