Astronomer Predicts Explosion From Sun Will Rain Fire and Brimstone on Earth Dec. 17, 1919

From the front page of The Monroe Journal, Nov. 18, 1919

Fire and Brimstone Coming Says Judge W.O.’s Friend. . . Sun Is Due to Throw Off Large Nebula Spot on December 17, and For Several Days We Are Going to Have a Time of It

Judgment day, or the next thing to it, is stated to occur Dec. 17, according to the astronomers, writes a friend in Kansas City, Mo., to Judge W.O. Lemmond. On that day the sun is going to throw off one of its nebula spots, which will bring a rain of fire and brimstone to the earth for several days. The letter of the Kansas City man, containing this interesting prophecy, follows:

“W.O., with my little knowledge of astronomy, I have been making some observations lately and, whether you agree with me or not, will not change any of the planets in their course. I will quote from Wieseman from Calif., who in my mind is the greatest astronomy of the age. He says in part that the sun spots we see are nebula fragments thrown off from the sun by some superior force and fund at some point between us and the sun. This, he says, is a seething mass of heat, which at stated times explode and throw tremendous flames of heat for millions of miles in every direction. The one nearest the earth and the largest one known to astronomers is due to explode December 17, 1919, and for several days, on or about this date, we will have a tremendous rain of Fire and Brimstone. Look out for the date.