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Daily Bread: October 23, 2008

Good morning, Whitewater

In the city today, there are no public meetings scheduled.

The National Weather Service predicts that today will be partly sunny, with a high temperature in the lower 50s. The Farmers’ Almanac finishes a multi-day prediction that “colder and drier weather moves in.”

Yesterday’s better prediction: Both accurate, but the NWS provides far greater detail.

In Wisconsin History on this date, in 1921, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Minneapolis Marines :

On this date the Green Bay Packers played their first NFL [then called the American Professional Football Association] game. The Packers defeated the Minneapolis Marines 7-6, for a crowd of 6,000 fans and completed their inaugural season with 3 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties

Green Bay was a decidedly different place back then:


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