Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1919 — HOOSIER STAR GAZER SAYS WORLD’S TO END. [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER STAR GAZER SAYS WORLD’S TO END.

Do your Christmas shopping early and present your gifts before Dec. 17, or you may not get the chance to give them at all. This is the word passed out by Oscar McDonald, an astronomer of Fairland, Ind., who says we may expect the world to come to an end December 17th. Mr. McDonald bases his assumption on the fact that when we wake up that morning we will see Mercury, Venus, Mars and other prominent members of the heavenly family holding a conference on the south side of the sun, while Uranus will mope in melancholy loneliness on the north side. This is said to be a very rare occurrence among the planets. Such a conclave of stars is said to indicate terrible events on our earth. A tremendous sun-spot will be visible, resulting ip disturbances on the earth, such as cyclpnes, floods, tidal waves, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, all of far greater violence than ever within the memory of any written history. It’s going to be even worse than the coal strike. The whole thing is terrible to contemplate. Imagine getting out of bed the morning of December 17 to find that the world has come to an end. All coal strikes will be Over and nobody will have to worry about the high price of holly wreathes. But what will people do when they all assemble in heaven the morning of December 18? They won’t know how to act in that peaceful place after all the industrial unrest on earth. Home made pies, baked beans, doughnuts, and oyster dressing at the Makeever hotel. Place your orders early. No deliveries made. ’Phone M 7.