Noted Scientist Recites Found Journal From Chicago Cataclysm
The speaker reads James’s travel diary describing a postapocalyptic Chicago. Ransdell and Vanderbilt descend to a ruined city, encountering gas vents, decayed skyscrapers, and looted shops as survivors vanish above ground.
Desperate Journey Through a Fallen America
In a dramatic diary style, the narrative follows survivors across a ruined United States from Chicago to Pittsburgh and Washington. Vanderbilt aids a perilous flight as cities crumble under quakes and floods, while a President warns of dire futures and the hope of humanity rests with Hendren's project.
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White House
Cole Hendren
Hendren
Earth
Legislature Nears End With Hundreds Of Bills To Act On
In the twenty fourth legislative assembly last week warns were issued by Speaker Pilgeram and Minority Leader Leavitt to speed debate and avoid a wall on day fifty. The house considers gambling legalization H R 279 and several wage and public utility measures while passing and advancing bills on workers compensation, water rates, and state fees. The senate moves on electrotherapy limits, school fund liability, temperance financing, and a census of university units as governor signs multiple bills including tax changes and time for assessments.
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Twenty-Fourth Legislative Assembly
House
Pilgeram
Leavitt
State Board of Equalization
Committee On Labor
Congress
America
Germany
St. Lawrence
Public and Public Service Commission
Fowler
Billings
Commission
Senate
Montana
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Campbell
Missoula
United States
Polson Dam
Space Ship plans amid world end by Bronson prophecy
David Ransdell arrives from South Africa with photographic plates for Dr. Cole Hendron. Tony Drake visits the Hendrons as Eve is in love with him. Hendron proclaims Professor Bronson's discovery of Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, predicting Earth's destruction when Alpha collides with the sunward planet. Bronson Beta will pass safely. the other will destroy Earth. Hendron pursues space ship tech, seeking a heat resistant metal. Earthquakes devastate, killing half the globe. Bronson Alpha collides with the moon, wiping it out. Ransdell, with Peter Vanderbilt and Eliot James, surveys the ruin, is attacked, but returns with the needed metal for Hendron’s ship.
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Ransdell
James
Ransdell, Vanderbilt
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Wrigley
Tribune
North Michigan Avenue
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Business District
Bronson Boles
David Ransdell
New York
South Africa
Cole Hendron
Tony Drake
Hendrons
Eve Hendron
Tony
Hendren
Professor Bronson
League
Earth
Bronson Alpha
Peter Vanderbilt
Eliot James
George Schultz and Pittsburgh Steelworkers Hold Fast
Ira Eliot's diary notes George Schultz, a National Guardsman, and Pittsburgh mills working to the last moment as the government deems the great steel city safe from tidal danger.
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George Schultz
National
Hendren
Ira Eliot
Pittsburgh
Submerged Capitals and a New Refuge Amid Destruction
The diary reveals a submerged eastern seaboard from the Chesapeake Bay to Cincinnati and a vast Middle West refuge centered on Hutchinson Kansas. A hurricane and volcanic upheaval devastate cities while a United States fragment struggles to survive under a commander’s leadership as the tale continues.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
James
Hendren
Mississippi Basin
East Coast
Gulf States
Cincinnati
Memphis
St. Louis
Chicago
Davenport
Middle West
Hutchinson
Kansas
Thither
United States
East
West
Fewer worker bees sting when hive is disturbed
The text notes only a small fraction of worker bees sting to defend the hive, because the bees die after stinging and excessive stinging would destroy the colony.
Slip That Assures Perfect Frock Fit
An illustrated sewing pattern advises a wraparound slip with belt adjustability for a smooth frock fit. The back skirt is double to hide wrinkles, washable fabrics suggested, pattern 2099 offered in multiple sizes with step-by-step instructions. Send 15 cents to the Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in New York for order.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Sammy asks why a snake has stomach ache
Flat Feet recalls a joke about Sammy saying he is glad not to be a snake. He asks how a snake tells if a stomach ache is due to a stiff neck or something else, prompting a humorous exchange with his dad.
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Sammy
Not Particular Call Refusal After Dance
A shy pursuer asks for a call on a girl he met at a dance. She coldly refuses then clarifies she would not consider it tonight. He suggests calling on a wet night when he has nothing better to do.
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Jinks
Seizure cited in private conversation among neighbors
In a brief exchange, Mrs Murphy mentions a seizure as the cause of a man’s absence, while Mrs O Reilly questions the truth and mentions police, suggesting a domestic concern drawing official attention.
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