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Show RECORD HEAT IN LINCOLN. LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. Friday was the hottest August dsy ever recordrd st the Lincoln weather bureau snd within with-in one degree of the season's record. The temperature rose to 108 degieea at 4 o'clock and remained at this point for an hour. It Is the fourth day thie month that It has exceeded 100 degreea. A wind from the Mouth blew like s hlest from s furne.ee and the superheated super-heated temperature had Its effect on vegetables and animal life alike. It was a killing blast, equal, some say, to the hot wlnda of the early nineties. Accord Ing to crop experts. It was the worst day tha already suffering corn crop has experienced ex-perienced since the not (pel1 begsn. |