The subdued 1899 New Year’s Eve may have been due to the weather. Bitter cold temperatures settled over Muncie in late December, forcing everyone indoors. “Good thermometers in Riverside and ...
“Good thermometers in Riverside and Congerville,” the Muncie Daily Times reported on New Year’s Day, show it’s “been as cold as 5 or 6 below.” The Morning News reported that Munsonians ...