The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-13
HIGH SPOTS
OF HOT WAVE
ARE SCORED
Hottest Day of Summer
Recorded in Many Iii
nois Communities.

Chicago, July 13.-With no i'm
mediate relief in sight, Chicagoans
today prepared to endure a temper
ature somewhere in the nineties.
Two deaths and a number of heat
prostratiOns were reported here
yesterday while thousands sought
relief at the beaches and others
slept in the parks.
The torrid wave which has grip
ped the central west for days con-
tinued today without indications OF
relief.
! Farmers in some. sections are do
/ ing their field work by moonlight
In other districts there is little ac-
tiyity until about sundown- In
some parts of Illinois and nearby
states there have been reports OF mr.
/ ing of corn, and .-otice of 1t has
been taken in the market, though 1t
| is generally understood that no con-
! siderable loss has been sustained as
( yet.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 13.-Follow-
/ ing the years record-breahng tenn
perature of SO established yester-
! day, thermometers at the United
! States weather bureau here mount
ed to 81 early this morning. with
| indications that yesterdays record
would be broken, Meteorologist
Root announced, but said there was
| indication for some relief in the
next "a hours.
Since May IT, only three days
have been below normal tempera-
ture.
Death at Rockford.
Rockford, ILL.,, July 13.-With the
mercury reaching 104 on two sue
cessive days, there was no reliel
in prospect today. One death from
the heat occurred yesterday.
| High Humidity.
Peoria, ILL.,, July f3.-With h1gf
| humidity pressing down today, Pe
orians will suffer more than they
did yesterday under the 9s-degree
temperature, according to M l.
Fuller, United States weather OBJ
server. Yesterdays mark is the
record for the year, according tc
Mr.. Fuller.
New Heat Record.
Dixon, Ill, July ia new hea
record for this vicinity was estab
lished Tuesday when the mercury
lrose to 104 degrees, registered BY
the government thermometer. Lit
tile relief came last night, the min
imum reached being 20, and at
O'Clock this morning the tempera
ture had crept up to 80 and wa:
mounting steadily.
Hottest Day.
Aurora, Ill, July l3.-It was 81
above here at $50 o'clock (stand
! ard time) this morning. indicating
the hottest day of the year had ar
rived. There have been but fv
days under 80 in the Fox river val
lev in the last four weeks. Their
have been several "97 days"
Warmest for Years.
Bloomington, ILL.,, July 13.-At
a. N. today the thermometer regis
, tered 80. Yesterday the tempera
ture was 80, the highest experienc
, ed here for five years.
Hannibal Swelters.
Hannibal, Mo-, July 13.-W1t
l the temperature at 9S, yesterda
t was Hannibal's hottest day for thi
| summer. This was a of a degre
: below the 1920 record. There wa
!. little indication of a break, accord
ing to the local weather station.
Two ProstratiOns.
Champaign, Ill, July 13.-Thel
mometers registered 101 here tc
dav. with no breeze or indication
of a decrease in temperature. Tw
prostrations, but no deaths. haV
been reported.
4 Quincy Melts.
. Quincy. Ill, July 13.-Yesterda
!, was the hottest day of the seasol
n the official record being 102. IL
= dav started out with higher mar
r with the prospects that the the
: mometer will go still higher. \
g prostrations have been reported.
d Four Victims. -.
= Toilet Ill. July 13.-With II
present heat wave claiming Lot
e victims within the last ~ uay
: thousands of Joliet citlzens nocke
to the municipal bathlng peacn'
last night and today. fes'eros
4 the mercury reacneu w.
4 Going Higher.
/ Decatur, Ill. July 1S.-Temper1
a +,,ra in Decatur at a. m tods
Z Tae 81 one degree higher than
y ~ same hour Tuesday. The higl
= est G official record here Tuesds
ID was SO.
y. DanyiIle, Ill, July 13.-Local i
companies have been forced to II
ton ice to consumers on accoul
n of the heavy demand. They d
v clare the situation can not be in
nroved until the heat wave passe
Farmers report considerable dan
age 10 crops caused by the exec
IL siye heat. Yesterdays maximu
temperature was 104.
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