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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
8
A long list of social visits and travels fills this notes section. Residents like Mrs Fred Boyd, Miss Dott Skomp, and Ralph Thompson returned from trips to Indianapolis Ottawa Illinois and Washington. Funeral activities in French Lick and Elnora anchor weekend events along with shopping notices and upcoming Motor Races at the Royal Theater.
A London address on Biological Chemistry sparks a row as Dr F Gowland Hopkins suggests cannibals eat the right kind of food. Eustace Miles rejects the theory noting human waste products and diet. Bernard Shaw quips on eatable critics in a correspondent interview.
A promotional call for local merchants to champion home industry, attract buyers, and outpace city competitors through weekly catalog ads. Advice includes stock sacrifice pricing, requesting electrotype cuts, sending marked paper copies to target customers, and varying copy weekly to sustain trade growth.
A scientist adapts a bicycle wheel with evenly spaced opaque screens to photograph meteors. By spinning 30 to 50 revolutions per minute and recording timing with a chronographic instrument, the device measures meteor velocity from the interrupted light trails on photographic plates.
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