Scientist Cole Hendren Leads 300 Escapees to Bronson Beta
Under Cole Hendren, a noted American scientist, more than 300 people escape in two Space Ships before a cosmic collision destroys Earth. They land on Bronson Beta and discover a smooth metal roadway suggesting swift ancient vehicles.
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Meteors Threaten Bronson Beta Colony As Firefalls Plague Shore
A night sky eruption pours thousands of meteors around Bronson Beta. Tony directs a group to seek shelter in rock holes while Hendron evacuates pilgrims from the Ark as molten debris splashes into the sea nearby.
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Ark Leaders Discuss Prospecting For Farm Land After Catastrophe
Chapter II shows Cole Hendren briefing Tony James and his daughter Eve on scouting for arable lands with Higgins. He warns the Ark may need relocation if adequate soil is found, as Ransdell's metal erodes under atomic blast and the ship drifts off course while crew disperse colonists around the cliff. Eliot James grapples with lost hopes of roaming the planet Bronson Beta.
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Tony
Eliot James
Eve
Higgins
Dave Ransdell
Ransdell
Bronson Beta
Hendren
Ark explorers locate fertile farm valley near the sea
Tony and Higgins descend a cliff to a river valley near the Ark Bronson Beta and discover rich loamy soil and water for irrigation. They find a natural road inland that could connect the valley with the Ark, boosting plans to harvest crops and plan a long stay. The crew prepares to report the find as meteors and exploration continue.
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the Ark
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Pillar Box Sign and the Paris Advertising Pillars
The Paris correspondent recalls how a French printer of English roots popularized circular pillar signs used for night illuminated theatre advertising. These round structures, wider than a London pillar box, became a Paris landmark and were known as collonnes Morris for decades. The phenomenon began over fifty years ago.
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London
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Mincing Lane London Name Origin Tied to Nuns
The name Mincing Lane in London derives from the mynches term used for the nuns of St Helens Bishopsgate who owned property there.
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Right and Left Handedness in a Right Hand World
An English authority argues in Tit-Bits that humanity favors the right hand, shaping clothing and tools. Coercing left-handed children to become right-handed risks nervous disturbance, stammering, and cerebral conflict between brain hemispheres.
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Carlyle
London County Council Education Committee
South Sea Natives Go Back to the Primitive
An essay from the Brooklyn Eagle notes Puka Puka’s shift after white settlers abandoned trading posts and coconut estates. Natives revert to grass skirts and loin cloths, switch from kerosene to coconut oil lamps, use shell hooks for fishing, and abandon tea bread and canned meat for native foods.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Rat Gallantry in Cage Captured by Scientist
Dr A M Hain of the Institute of Animal Genetics Edinburgh notes male rats display gallantry under female aggression. He cites a case where a female trapped a male in a cage and treated him to hay piled high for hours until a truce formed, with the male showing consistent gallantry in defense.
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Hain
Easter Sunrise Service atop Punchbowl Crater
Five thousand people climbed the extinct Punchbowl crater overlooking Honolulu for an Easter sunrise service. Christianity first arrived in 1820 through New England settlers, marking the community’s religious origin.
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Honolulu
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