1905 Cold Wave records yet to be broken

In February of 1905 a low temperature record for the State of Kansas was set in nearby Lebanon, Kansas. A story about that record submitted by Kerma Crouse, a Jewell County Record contributor got us to thinking about Nuckolls County newspapers may have reported that cold spell, And so we began to search the old newspaper files and we found the following:

Nelson Gazette, Feb. 16, 1905

In our squib on the weather last week, we supposed we had received the worst for the winter but this was a mistake. Its was only the hardening process to get us ready for whatever was yet to come. Friday was a pre...

 

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