Police Fire 50 Shots In Battle With Mob
Eighteen prisoners are nursing battered heads at police headquarters after a noon clash at Sharp mill in New Bedford. About 300 rioting strikers attacked Chief Mason and 35 officers, with 50 shots fired, hand to hand fighting, and mass arrests as officers dispersed the mob and beat back the attack on strike workers in the ditches.
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New Bedford
Mason
Sharp Mill
South End
Deputy Parker
Dunbar Street
Bolton Road
Rioters Face Police as Labor Strike Marches South End
A large, hostile march by striking workers led by Dominic d'Alessandro moved from Labor Temple to the South End, passing police headquarters amid derision and foreign language shouts. The crowd gathered near Sharp mill to hear several speakers address the crowd.
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Dominic d’Alessandro
Labor Temple
Sharp Mill
Wakefield residents oppose proposed telephone rate zones
A Wakefield petition asks Governor Draper to block new telephone rates and urges opposition to the zone system. The letter cites rising costs and reduced service, arguing suburban residential lines would shrink and many households could no longer afford service.
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Draper
State House
Wakefield Board of Selectmen
George E. Walker
Wakefield
C. L. Sopher
Declares New Phone Rates Are More Costly
A letter to the Post editor argues that new proposed telephone rates unfairly burden a Brookline resident with a six party line. The writer, living in Wellesley and connected to Brookline Newton and Brighton, cites daily calls to elderly relatives and weekly business calls costing about two dollars annually under the old system. He notes use across suburban connects and the Boston house, highlighting personal and professional reliance on telephone service.
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Way Commission
Quincy
Arthur B. Shedd
Wellesley
Brookline
Newton
Brighton
Boston
G District
Pragmatism era debates and telephone rate concerns in 1910 letters
The letter-writer argues proposed telephone rates would raise costs for small users, listing yearly and per-use charges that total 77.80, far above current 25. The note warns telephones risk becoming luxuries. The piece shifts to praise for Professor William James, noting pragmatism’s popularity and its contrast with Royce, emphasizing empirical grounding over theory.
Superior to Lemonade Horsford's Acid Phosphate
A historical note recommends mixing acid phosphate with water and sugar for a refreshing drink. It mentions a teaspoonful added to a glass of water as superior to lemonade.
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Horsford
Odo
Representative Riley Faces Backlash Over Fitzgerald Invite
Representative Thomas Riley, chair of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, faced objections from fellow members for inviting Mayor Fitzgerald to speak at the Democratic committeemen conference in Holyoke. Fitzgerald, a gubernatorial candidate, was urged to decline to avoid unfairness to other potential contenders like James H. Vahey, Congressman Foss, and Charles S. Hamlin.
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Thomas Riley
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Fitzgerald
Holyoke
James H. Vahey
Foss
Charles S. Hamlin
Democratic Party Campaign Opens in Massachusetts
A city hall statement said the Mayor would not attend the conference as a party campaign began. The committee led by Frederick J. Macleod and others starts the drive, meeting committee men at the Massasoit House in Springfield, with similar sessions planned in Westfield Northampton and a mass meeting in Chicopee tomorrow.
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City Hall
Frederick J. Macleod
Democratic State Committee
Cornelius Carmody
Worcester
Timothy Callahan
Ward 9
Joseph Parks
Fall River
John F. MacDonald
State Committee
Riley
Massasoit House
Springfield
Westfield
Northampton
Chicopee
Mayor Fitzgerald hosts Old Colony Club dinner sparks gubernatorial talk
At a dinner in Pocasset Mayor John F. Fitzgerald was praised by Charles B. Hamlin who had backed James J. Storrow in a past campaign. Hamlin’s remarks and comments by General Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe highlighted factional lines in the Democratic scene.
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Pocasset
John F. Fitzgerald
Charles 8. Hamlin
Old Colony Club
Hamlin
James J. Storrow
Fitzgerald
Boston
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Grover Cleveland
Joseph Jefferson
Professor James of Harvard dies at 59 in Cambridge
The renowned philosopher and psychologist Professor William James of Harvard died after a period of illness. Born in New York in 1842, he transformed psychology with his Pragmatism theories and works including Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience.
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Harvard
James
Lawson Bear Cub Falls to Actor Hodge at Marshfield
At the Marshfield Fair, actor William Hodge won a honey bear Montrose by drawing the winning number 588 from Lawson's barrel. Gallagher the bay gelding set a track record with 2 10 1 4, winning three heats and first prize. Other animals won include goats, dogs, and poultry by various numbers.
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Lawson Bear Cub
Hodge
Marshfield
Gallagher
Thomas W. Lawson
William Hodge
Honey Bear
Montrose
Bill Teddy
Mud
Mr. Hodge
Sweet Home
Mel Green
Cohasset
Lawson
Beagles
Plymouth Rock Poultry
White Wyandottes
Retirement Reflections of Harvard Professor James
Professor William James discusses life aims and his decision to resign after 35 years at Harvard. He reflects on learning, philosophy and psychology, and his wish to continue lecturing and researching while noting age and health as factors. He recalls his methodical path from physiology to psychology and philosophy and notes his influence on students through open home and talks.
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James
Divinity School
Harvard
Irving Street
Cambridge
Post
Lfe
the Union
Phillips Brooks House
The
Prospect Union
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Osopher
New York
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Henry James
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