Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1918 — DROUTH IS BROKEN. [ARTICLE]

DROUTH IS BROKEN.

A bounteous rain this moming-has broken the long drouth which threatened to very seriously damage the most promising corn crop ever known in Jasper county. On account of the excessive heat and the drough it is estimated that the corn has suffered damage to from ten to twenty-five per cent. The temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 6:00 p. m.Friday -was, maximum 90 and minimum 65. The weatherman says: “Probably showers tonight and Sunday, warmer Sunday.