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Mary Ruth Slaton diary, 1937
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MEMORANDA Friday, Jan 22, 1937 In the twenty four hours, from 8a.m. Thursday to 8a.m. today, rainfall of 6 inches was recorded at the Earlington Weather [?] Station, weather [?] Brick Southworth reported today. From 5 p.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday, 3.25 inches of rainfall were recorded making ttla of 8.41 inches for the thirty-nine hours of almost continous rain. Rainfall continued steadily today with
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MEMORANDA a brief period of sleeting.
Sunday Morning Jan 24, 1937 Ohio, passing 1913 mark, cuts off 41 to South. The rampant Ohio river at 12:28 o'clock yesterday afternoon broke all flood records at Evansville whit it passed the 1913 stage of 48.4 ft and last night was continuing to its expected cres of 5'1 feet