Boy Prodigy Sidis Hints Fourth-Dimension Breakthrough
Harvard audience, including professors and psychologists, hear ten year old William James Sidis present new fourth dimension theories at Cambridge lecture. Sidis explains polyhedral angles and figures beyond three dimensions, claiming his work could revolutionize geometry.
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Harvard
William James Siedis
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Mathematical Club
New England
Sidis
Boris Sidis
Young Sidis
Luisia
Sylvin
Seoul
Thos Menus
T. Sidis
Crarem
Return of Denniston and Yale Lead Intercollegiate Swimmers
Intercollegiate swimming prospects upbeat as Princeton Yale and Penn renew fierce competition. Denniston returns as fifty yard record holder with a strong Yale squad led by Schmidt and others. Harvard Penn and Harvard vie for top honors as season opens January 22 with hopes of renewed Penn Harvard meet after 1906 split.
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Denniston
Schmidt
Yale
Harvard
Tank
Intercollegiate Swimming Association
Princeton
Wheaton Chambers
E. FE
Cross
Battles
Orr
Greene
Dawson
Gosnell
Johnson
McWilliams
King
Oraygge
Black
Bauman
Wilson
Lawrence
Iazen
Parke
Jane
Pho
Pennsylvania
Dalrymple
Shryock
Anthony
Philadelphia
Sylvester
Graham
Haas
Hopkinson
Yerkes
Merriam
Rice
Reed
Hoyt
Ladd
Hooper
Henderson
Jose
Cutler
Penn
Crimson
Rural carrier updates route in Burbank
Rural mail carrier of the airstriet district Burbank California, Bees Bo Pl Beal, recently bought a new 1910 automobile. He now delivers mail along a twenty five mile route that previously required horse and wagon service.
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Birs
Beal
Burbank
Cal
Jim Jeffries
Pew
Oothire
Tate
Surface drainage of roads and crown effects on highways
Professor J R Davidson of Iowa Agricultural College explains that roads must have surface drainage with an oval or crowned cross section to shed rain into side ditches. A one to six slope crown suffices. too steep a crown concentrates traffic in the center causing ruts, washing and wheel grinding. If water runs down the center gullies form and road damage accelerates.
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J. R. Davidson
Iowa Agricultural College
Town Highway Commission
Juvenile Good Roads League Urges School District Road Care
A New Jersey town seeks road improvements to keep students from leaving for city schools. A Vermont farmer links better roads with larger districts and improved teaching. Washington suggests junior road leagues in country districts to patrol and maintain roads, report issues, and aid officials.
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New Jersey
Vermont
Washington
Karper
Bazar
Good roads require action beyond talk, optimistic note
The piece argues that words alone do not build quality infrastructure for runners and communities. It emphasizes that while discussion is needed to begin road projects, tangible effort and commitment finalize a durable, well‑built road.
Dray Drag Advice From Missouri Bard On Roads
A MissouriRepublican Press poem advises farmers with bad roads to keep dragging the dray until rain passes and roads dry. The verse envisions Gabe recognizing the effort, praising the farmer, and making them famous for fixing the roads.
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Gabe
Drags
Drage
Drag
Butler
Republican Press
Fire Alarm Boxes and town street listings from Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Herald lists numerous fire alarm boxes with cross streets including North Aberdeen five and Cleveland streets plus city hall and Market areas. It notes continuity of the weekly chronicle on Grays Harbor priced at $1.50 yearly in advance.
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North
Aberdeen
Cleveland
City Hall
Market
Terrace Ave
River
Burrow's Dock
Hume
Benn and Heron
Wilson's
M. Franklin
Anderson & Middleton Mill
River Streets
Broadway
Heron
Third
Sixth
Federal Lumber Co
Division
Michigan Avenue
Western Cooperage Co
Michigan Ave
River Street
Washington
Washington Streets
Curtis
Clark Streets
Evans
Front
South
Aberdeen Herald
Grays Harbor
Divorce by desertion sought in Washington case
Summons issued in Chehalis County for John A. Miller and Mary Pearl Miller. The plaintiff seeks a decree of absolute divorce on grounds of desertion and abandonment for over a year. Publication dates span December 28, 1909 to January 26, 1910.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
John A. Miller
Mary Pearl Miller
A. D
Plaintiff
Aberdeen
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Sidis Addassed
Fourth Dimension
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Foolito
Princeton Swell
E. E. Denniston
Mattees
Missouri
Fire Department Headquarters
A. S. Alexander
Sweeny
PARM
West
Maton
California
Cory Howes
Faria Jonreal
the Herald
Aberdeen, Wash
Rina Rei
Herald Printery
the Twentieth Century Magazine
B. C. Flower
the Arena
Friends
Lincoln Steffens Hamlin Garland
David Graham Phillips
Robert L. Owen
William Kittle Carl S. Vrooman
Benj
Fay Mills
Edwin Markham
Charles Zueblin
Charles E. Russell
Thomas E. Will Bolton Hall
John D. Works
William Ordway Partridge
GOV. L. F. C
Switzerland
George Judson King
Oklahoma
Carl S. Vrooman
William W. Bates
Charles Edward Russell
William Kittle
Republican Party
Twentieth Century Magazine
Herald
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