Escape From Earth Sparks Colony On Bronson Beta
Under Cole Hendren's leadership over 100 escape in two spaceships before Earth is destroyed by a cosmic collision and colonize Bronson Beta. A metal roadway suggests swift vehicles once used by inhabitants. Thousands of meteors crash, but Hendron's party remains safe. Meteors are debris from Earth's Moon. Drake and Professor Higgins find a river bottom lush with vegetation.
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Cole Hendren
Earth
Bronson Beta
Hendron
Tony Drake
Professor Higgins
Alberty
Tony
Eve
Dimitri Kalov
Hendren
Ark
Dimitri
Russia
Belngas
Bronson
Jeremiah Post
Ost
Post
Duquesne
Shirley Cotton
M. Duquesne
Pwo
Cole
Mel
Eve Hendron
Imag
Lke
Cepheus
Vega
Bronson Teta
To && Continued
Bronson Beta Camp Faces New Flight Of Earth People
The camp contends with a deadly plague that killed Bates Wardlow and Lucy Grant while 26 fall ill as Higgins finds a forest promising vast timber. A mysterious airplane from Earth appears, prompting plans for exploration and defenses as Hendren and Tony debate the future.
Chapter III Firelight Reveals Strained Faces in Darkness
A log sparks the fire and illumination reveals tense, immobile faces. The night brings an impersonal, distant reality as characters exchange wary looks. The fragment hints at Bronson Beta and an unseen presence arriving from nowhere.
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Bronson
Beta
Rumble in Hot Water Lines Explained
A wash shop note explains that rumbling occurs when steam forms in the heater tank and forces its way through rising water. The lines should be sloped to let steam escape, and rumbling also happens when a faucet is opened with water boiling.
Convention Swelter Sparks Coolidge Vice Presidential Nomination
In Chicago during a 90 degree spell delegates sweltered as a deadlock between Frank Lowden and Leonard Wood gave way to Warren G. Harding. A McCamant shout for Coolidge triggered a stampede and Calvin Coolidge won the vice presidential nomination.
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Harding
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Medill McCormick
Unels
Lenroot
Wallace McCamant
Oregon
Coolidge
McCormick
McCamant
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
White House
Dress pattern for taftitelasse crepe with jabot
The advertisement promotes a tafitelasse crepe dress with a jabot and soft shoulder line. It features vertical seams shaping the skirt into pleats, offering an illusion of slenderness, in colors like gray greige navy brown. Pattern 20298 with size range and yardage, plus illustrated sewing instructions, costs 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Destiny in a Pocket at Trenton Christmas Night
On December 25 1776 Hessian commander Johann Gottlieb Rall fell at Trenton after Washington’s Continentals crossed the Delaware. A note unread in his waistcoat pocket warned of rebel movements and fate, as Ball’s slave failed to deliver it, altering the course of the Revolution.
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Mr. Hunt
Trenton
N. J
Johann Gottlieb Ratl
Wall
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Leorge Washington
Ball
Washington
Rall
Johann Gottleb
Patriots
Grant Identifies Deserter Knapsack Preceding Fort Donelson Attack
An army detachment under Gen. U S Grant halted for 24 hours rest after examining a deserter's knapsack. Grant deduced six days rations could not be issued to men at a fort, signaling retreat plans, and ordered an immediate attack which led to Fort Donelson's fall.
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U.S. Grant
Fort Donelgton
Tenn
Grant
Fort Donelson
Nto
Union
C. Western Newspaper
What He Liked Stray Stories Credited Play Reader Exchange
A crisp note from a writer thanks a reader for enjoying a new play. The author asks if it met expectations and invites further reaction, framing the work within a collection titled Stray Stories.
Pair Involving Mrs Blushington Sparks Boat Trip Rumor
Dialogue suggests Mrs Blushington fears a lone boating outing with Mr Blushington while Fannie Flippe dismisses concern. The quip notes he is bashful and would not hug the shore, reflecting light social commentary from the Detroit News.
Imagination’s Lavish Purses Stir Speculation in Debate
In a witty exchange a Communist and a rival quip about vast fortunes. One asks what would you do with a million dollars and the other retorts I’d not imagine less than a billion, signaling sharp economic humor.
A Good Start London Answers Parody on Bridge Clubs
A brief quip from London Answers plays on bridge slang with a teaser about a set of clubs, implying a lighthearted exchange about games and social clubs.
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Edwin Balmer
Philip Wylie
Philip Wyle
WNU Service
Bates
Jeremiah Ost
Maltby
Wardlow
Lucy Grant
Higgins
Lengti
Alendron
Trolter
Hemvens
von Belts
von Beltz
Clourts
Bronson Alyitia
Elmo Scott Watson
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