Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — Nearly One and One-half Inches of Rain Fell Wednesday Night. [ARTICLE]

Nearly One and One-half Inches of Rain Fell Wednesday Night.

We trere visited Wednesday night by the best rain thus far of the season, a total of 1 2-5 inches falling during the night, as shown by the government gauge at St. Joseph’s college. The rain was accompanied by some lightning, and the rainfall continued at intervals during the entire night and Thursday forenoon. This rain did a wonderful amount of good to wheat, oats and grass, and soaked up the ground to considerable depth. It was a real warm, growing rain, and was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the territory covered, and it was quite general.