The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-01-14
JACK FROST IS king
New Cold Weather Records
Set in Middle West.
IN CHICAGO IT'S Il BELOW

OF. FauI empeTdtuTe CnHleo W AZ
rs Degrees Below-Frigid Atmos.
phere Immediately stops Fall Of
Snow Which Started Early.
Chicago, Jan. 7.--Cold weather rec
ords for over three years we're shat.
from Medicine Hat promised by the
forecaster swept down upon the city.
sending the mercury to II degrees be
low zero. A minimum of ten below
zero last night was recorded A bitter
wind from the northwest, blowing with
a velocity of SO miles an hour made
the day seem even colder than II was
This wind cut to the bone finding its
way through overcoats and mu,ilers.
and caused those who felt IL to seek
every bit of shelter they could find.
Before the wind we're carried light
snow flurries. As the mercury sank,
however, the snow stopped falling, but
was waited about as the wind swept
the ground The last day on which
the mercury fell as low as It did yes
terday morning was February 13. 1905
A minimum temperature of is below
zero was then recorded. The coolest
days this winter up to this morning
were December and 8, on both Of
which the mercury went to ten above
Still Colder, Says Bureau.
Washington, Jan. IA severe cold
wave this morning covered the en-.
tire northern and central portions Of
The country between the Rocky noun.
tains and the Appalachians. BY last
night It had overspread the entire
east and south to. the Atlantic and
gulf coasts and II was still colder in
the interior states The cold wave
will maintain its severe character and
will continue over the eastern half of
the country" says Chief Moore. of
the bureau, until about the end of
the present week. although there will
be some moderation I'm the central
west by Friday or Saturday"
In ST. Paul It's 25 Below.
St Paul. Mimi, Jan This city
to-day was in the icy grasp of an in.
tense cold wave. The United States
weather bureau reported % degrees
below zero yesterday, while street
thermometers registered q and 30
degrees below. Throughout the north
west the cold was coupled with a
wind and snow and was regarded as
the worst in years. Regina, Canada,
is the coolest place with a tempera.
ture of 40 degrees below zero. Mime
sofa and Battlefors registered "a
degrees below, Winnipeg, 32;
Swift Current, Prince Albert,
Manitoba and Devils Lake, N. d.,
80; Williston, N. d., "a; Moorhead,
Minn.. and Fargo, n. D., "a; Coast
trains lost time and we're reported
from FIVE to eight hours late.
Ten Below In Wisconsin.
New Richmond. Wis, Jan. with
the mercury at ten below a blizzard
ragged here yesterday with high
wind and much snow.
Iowa Is Rather Fried.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. Central
Iowa experienced the coldest night OF
the year, the thermometer ranging
from 16 to 20 degrees below zero at
an early hour this morning.
Badger State Mercury Drops.
Milwaukee, Jan. 7.-Wisconsin ex
perienced the coolest weather of the
year to-day In Milwaukee the Off
cial temperature was yesterday 15 de
grees below zero and at La Crosse %
and Green Bay. 1S. The snow fall
was light.
In Omaha, Neb.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. THE weather
bureau yesterday reported the coldest
weather experienced here for two
years. The mercury registered /;
degrees below zero. A slowly rising
temperature was recorded for to-day
Poor Suffer from Cold.
st. Joseph, Mo, Jan. THE mer
curry reached eight degrees below zero
here, much the coldest of the winter
The poor were unprepared for the
blizzard and there was much suffer
ing.
Coolest In Southwest.
Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. 7.-Yester
day was the coolest OF the winter II
this part OF the southwest, the loves
temperature recorded being eight de
grees below zero, at Kansas City ant
st. Joseph. Mo-, and at Topeka ant
Dodge City, Kan. At Dodge City 1
was six below zero; at Oklahoma Cit!
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