Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — Long Drought Broken to Some Extent. [ARTICLE]

Long Drought Broken to Some Extent.

The extended drought following the wet June of this year was broken throughout Jasper county Thursday night by fairly good rains, not nearly so much as needed, of course, hut enough to be a great temporary he’p to the corn crop. There was a light rain came up early in the evening and this was followed about 10:30 or 11 o’clock by heavier rain accompanied by considerable lightning and thunder. The rain was apparently quite general all through this immediate section of the state at leas*. Now that the “ice has been broken’’ we may get plenty of rain the rest of the season.