Ring out the old and ring in the new
A fragmented verse lines praise the passing of the old year and birth of a better time. It contrasts dying causes and ancient party strife with nobler living and purer laws, urging renewal.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
1
Ring Out False Pride and Ring In Truth and Love
A compact lament invoking rings of judgment and moral reform. The verse urges ring out political vanity and civic slander while ring in love of truth, right, and good, echoing a Tennysonic appeal to virtue and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Explosion at Rome stock exchange destroys roof injures twenty
The Temple of Neptune in the Forum of Agrippa, now housing the stock exchange, was rocked by a massive blast this afternoon. Twenty people, mostly clerks, were injured as the roof collapsed. no fatalities were reported. Officials later attributed the disaster to a gas explosion rather than a deliberate bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Neptune’s Temple
Rome
Neptune
Hadrian
Agrippa
St. Peter’s
New Year Sparkles Through Broadway Celebrations Across New York
New York celebrated New Year's Eve 1907 with grand revelry on Broadway and in top venues. Estimates place spending around 750000 dollars, with restaurants and hotels drawing large crowds and high cover charges as Caruso performed at the Plaza at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Plaza
Caruso
Normandy
Refusal to Pay to Enter Car in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on December 31 the Pittsburg Railway and Light Company admitted its inability to enforce a new rule requiring passengers to pay as they entered streetcars. Citizens had resisted paying, leaving cars to run with fare collection unavoidable yet unenforced.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Ind
Democratic caucus deadlocks on city council presidency
Democratic members of the city council failed to nominate a president at a caucus last night after seven ballots and hours of debate. No candidate achieved a majority of those present. another caucus likely Friday night as officers prepare for organization, with party divisions noted between McCullough Doherty and other ward members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ec On Council
Ion Gay
Alhhough
McCulloigh
Doherty
Coicilmen Buckley
Sullivan
Landlords bow to tenant rent pressure in New York
In New York on December 31 a Tenants movement gains traction as landlords begin announcing rent cuts or compromises while working families face rising unemployment. The United Hebrew Charities plans to send seven thousand dollars to aid rent payments as labor groups pledge support, and police say riots are not anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hebrew Charities
Pollard Stricken at Hotel in Brookline
A. W. Pollard of the firm W. Pollard & Co collapsed with a cerebral hemorrhage while dining at a hotel. He is 40, lives on One Street in Brookline, and was taken to Relief Hospital with a serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Pollard
W. Pollard & Co
Pollard
Brookline
Relief Hospital
Jon
Farley Demands Audience With Moran Over Codman Street Deal
Finance Commission secretary J Wells Farley rushed to the grand jury door at the courthouse to meet District Attorney Moran. After a brief dispute a note was sent to Moran who suspended the grand jury proceedings for a conference. Farley claimed to reveal crucial facts about the Codman street land deal omitted from the commission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wells Farley
Finance Commission
Grand Jury
Moran
Farley
Codman Street
Taps for 1907 From Bunker Hill Monument
Fred C. Folkins, trumpeter of the 8th Company Coast Artillery Defence M V M, sounded taps from the top of the Bunker Hill monument at noon marking the arrival of 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Folkins
Coast Artillery Defence
Bunker Hill Monument
No fears for Rice's safety in Vaupés region
Panama dispatch reports Dr. Hamilton Rice, the Boston explorer, is in the Rio Vaupés region with no hostile Indians or dangers en route. There is no postal or telegraphic connection east, and arrival in Manaos is expected in February. No fears are entertained for his safety.
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Panama
the Post
Bogota
Hamilton Rice
Rio Vailpes
Thirty Miners Trapped in Carthage Mine Disaster
An explosion of fire damp at the Bernel coal mine in Carthage, New Mexico, trapped thirty miners with nine bodies recovered. The town lies on the Santa Fe line between Albuquerque and El Paso. Most miners are American and Mexican with a few Greek and Italian workers. The mines are believed to be on fire, and there is no hope of survivors.
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Carthage
Bernel
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
el Paso
Tex
Battis Linked to Rake Off Over City Prizes
Last night the Finance Commission heard that the city paid 440 for July 4 East Boston prizes via raised invoices, but the committee’s actual cost was 141.75. Alderman George H. Battis allegedly sought spurious bills to take 440 for himself with committee share. Clerks Durgin and Childs testified, while Battis refused to answer. An arrest for larceny may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
George H. Battis
Messrs. Durgin and Childs
Thomas Long Co
Battis
Messrs. Davidson
Alderman Battis
Matthews
Inquiry into Crooked Vouchers in East Boston Fourth of July Fund
The Finance Commission held a public hearing on alleged misused city funds from the East Boston Fourth of July celebration. Alderman George H. Battis faced direct accusation by two jewellers' clerks of soliciting two inflated bills and sharing the difference, with witnesses claiming crooked vouchers valued at 141.75 and 440 dollars, and criminal action anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Commission
East Boston
George H. Battis
Joint Committee
Battis
Duma Leaders Are Sentenced in Russian Trial
In St Petersburg on December 31 the First Duma signers of the Viborg manifesto were tried. Of 169 members, 167 were convicted and sentenced to three months in prison, two were acquitted for misapprehension. The verdict strips the men of political rights and removes Liberal leaders from Russia’s constitutional movement for decades, naming figures such as Ivan Petrovkevich and several princes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
First
Duma
Ivan. Petrunkevitch
Princs Dolgoroukott
Pronce Daitri Shanks
Garsicrtiata
Prince Obolinsky
Prince Oureseffti
Mystery Identity Swap in Jersey Crime Case
Mrs Wrank admits the drowned woman in Five Points Pond is her sister Minnie Jeanette Gaston of Saville Tennessee, not Mrs Agnes Young as first claimed. Young reappears alive in New York City, and Hull the 17 year old, once linked to a man named Myers, reveals she identified the victim to shield a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Mrs. Hull
Fair Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York calls for fair conditions on Wednesday and Thursday. Winds will be fresh from the west, affecting coastal and inland areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
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