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Scanned image of old an old bulletin:
Question: How will you spend your Christmas vacation?
I'm going to be drunk every night because of my broken heart. - K. M.
I'm going to catch up on tiddle de winks, ping pong, and parchesi. - A. M. T.
Catch up on some sleep and make whoopee. - M. K.
I'm going to have company (it's quite alright and proper). -J. B.
I intend to vegetate - J. B. A.
I am going straight to hell and not come back - D. H.
Barnard Bulletin, New York, December 20 1935
FDR is in office. The Social Security Act is signed
Worst of the Dust Bowl heat wave. 109℉ in Chicago
The Labor Day hurricane, a category 5, hits the Florida Keys
The Helena earthquake hits at 6.5 in Montana.
Rough year. No wonder everyone sounds like the COVID-19 lockdown.
99° F (37° C) in Chicago last summer was a catastrophe. And there was even air conditioning which took the edge off after trudging through sidewalks that had begun to stick to my shoes. I cannot even imagine a 1930s 109° F (43° C).
Probably people just died