Good morning.

Today’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high of sixty-eight.

Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM.

On this day in 1919, Pres. Wilson suffered a stroke that significantly reduced his ability to govern (although he remained in office until 1921):

On October 2, 1919, at the White House in Washington, D.C., United StatesPresident Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed on his left side and effectively ends his presidential career….On September 25, he collapsed after delivering a speech in Pueblo,Colorado, and subsequently returned to Washington, where a massive cerebral hemorrhage on October 2 nearly killed him.

Even while incapacitated, however, Wilson continued to influence proceedings regarding the Versailles Treaty. After a long and bitter struggle, the Senate voted on Lodge’s motion to ratify the treaty—but only with a number of amendments attached—on March 19, 1920. Thanks to the senators loyal to Wilson—who remained steadfastly unwilling to accept ratification of any compromised version of the treaty—and those who opposed the treaty in any form, the ratification resolution failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority, and the Senate consequently refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

Google’s daily puzzle asks about kings and creatures: “The Spanish king who faced the Jersey Devil abdicated and fled to America following which battle?”

Good morning.

A new month begins, and for Whitewater it begins with a partly sunny day, calm winds, and a high of seventy.

The city’s Parks & Recreation Board meets tonight at 5 PM.

On this day in 1890, Congress created Yosemite National Park:

….an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless “Don’t Feed the Bears” signs….

In Wisconsin history, two notable dates from the 1850s:

1851 – First State Fair in Wisconsin
On this date thirteen counties were represented at the first state fair which was sponsored by the Wisconsin Agricultural Society in Janesville. 10,000 people attended the two-day event. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers edited by Sarah McBride, p.118]

1859 – Abraham Lincoln Delivers Address in Beloit
On this date Abraham Lincoln, who had been invited by the Beloit Republican Club, delivered a political address in Hanchett’s Hall. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers edited by Sarah Davis McBride, p.117]

From Google’s daily puzzle, something of a prominent scientist’s honeymoon itinerary: “I was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. What activity did Pierre and I love enough to plan our honeymoon around?”