Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — Rain Saves Crops. [ARTICLE]

Rain Saves Crops.

Indianapolis, Aug. I.—“ Million-dollar thundershowers,” which fell in many sections of the state, brought Joy to farmers. Reports were received by the United States weather bureau here that an inch of rain fell in several counties in which crops were suffering for want of water. Fort Wayne, Royal Center, Lafayette, Anderson, Cambridge City and West Bloomfield all reported an inch of rainfall and thundershowers were general over the' northern part of the state. Indianapolis got only two-hundredths of an inch of rain.