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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
6
The article explains wave types from long to short periods using pond and field analogies, notes speed variation from 200–300 feet per second in soft earth to over ten times that in solid rock, and describes four wave classes including a destructive near‑epicenter wave that tilts buildings and causes landslides.
In Chicago a business man inherits a violin from a musician father. Though he sees it as a nuisance valued at ten dollars, a violin enthusiast friend argues its worth is at least a thousand. They seek expert opinion from a music professor to settle the dispute.
A detailed discussion describes normal and transverse waves in earthquakes, the pendulum analogy, and how explosive forces create both wave types. It contrasts surface waves with deeper waves, notes their speeds and behavior, and cites Milne and Major Dutton on their origins and reach.
A. E. Palmer relates a mythic tale about a young African prince who attends Yale or Harvard and fears exams. He sends home for aid, and the king reports rites selecting fourteen noble youths, yet the prince still flunks.
David Price of Corydon Iowa describes severe kidney trouble with back pain and weakness. One week after starting Dean's Kidney Pills his health improved. he walked without a cane and fully recovered, with seven years of good health since. Sold by all dealers 50c a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Miss Patty Shepard travels with friends to a country farm on Memorial day. A placid nanny goat nibbles grass and approaches her new peach basket hat trimmed with artificial roses. The goat noses the flowers as Patty laughs, revealing goats are not strictly vegetarians.
The note from Kitty Cameron declares she will concentrate on six instead of pursuing many beaux. It frames the pledge as a simple life choice and resolves to avoid extraneous flirtations.
The New York Post notes the cephalic index of old Athenians was slightly higher than that of modern people. It explains the method as filling a skull with peas and measuring, and claims Greeks endured less bloodshed than Romans and some moderns.
A collage of quirky lines mocks genius and promotes remedies and products. It includes quips about book advertisements and a health tip for stomach pain using Hamlin Wizard Oil, plus a cigar pitch and a political joke about courtship and disarmament.
Mrs. Cras Barclay of Graniteville Vermont credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with complete health restoration after suffering through the change of life and nervous symptoms. The letter promotes the medicine as a long trusted cure for women’s ailments including inflammation ulcers and irregularities and claims it costs little to try.
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