"The overcast afternoon, with a slight breeze, brought city dwellers out on window shopping sprees or sent them strolling with their families to parks and playgrounds. Young couples walked hand in hand along the lake front. In the suburbs, home owners went to work washing the family car, sponging the windows, inspecting their lawns, or visiting outdoors with neighbors." - Chicago Tribune, Feb. 15, 1954
Chicago experienced its lowest Valentine's Day temperature in 1905 with a recording of minus 11 degrees. It was the lowest of six negative-degree lows recorded on Feb. 14 in almost 150 years. Though the frigid weather was not front-page news, there were several instances in the Feb. 15, 1905, edition of the Tribune describing fires started by overheated furnaces.
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