Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — COPIOUS RAINFALL THURSDAY [ARTICLE]

COPIOUS RAINFALL THURSDAY

Drouth Is Broken Throughout This Section of the State. Rensselaer and vicinity was blessed with splendid rains Thursday, which was of almost inestimable value to the corn crop and will probably help the late potatoes to some extent. A good rain fell over at Remington and vicinity oat an early hour Thursday morning, and up through Union township and the north part of the county they got a fine rain shortly after daylight. In Rensselaer a splendid rain fell during the forenoon and another good rain came shortly after noon, while still more came at an early hour yesterday morning. These rains of course put a temporary stop to the threshing, but everyone was happy to lay off and the farmers now feel that a very good corn crop is assured, except in some few places where it had been badly hurt on the higher ground by the drouth. These rains evidently touched every section of the country in this part of the state.