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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
3
Forecaster Smith of the Weather Bureau calls the summer nearly ideal with a slight heat tilt. July warmth pushed the season above average with two peak days at 101 degrees on July 4 and 5 and hot days at 99 on July 3 and 98 on June 3.
The bulletin notes June through August showing a mix of warm and cool periods with June and July being unusually hot early in the season. Rainfall totals: June dry 0.195 inches below normal, July wet by 1.27 inches above normal with 4.63 inches total, August slightly wetter than average through the 26th. Crops thrive with abundant berries apples and vegetables. Heat prostrations declined, aided by reduced alcohol consumption and cooler late summer.
Medford soldier Sergeant Ward M Johnson was honored with the Croix de Guerre and a citation for a July 1918 raid on a German group with K Company 30th Infantry Third Division. His life was saved when his pocketbook deflected a bullet that would have struck his heart. He was located in Germany and brought the decoration after a hospital stay.
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