Throng Roars Welcome as New Year Begins
Crowds packed streets and parks as the city marks midnight with a noise-maker display and cheers. Officials note a calm transition amid fireworks and portable speakers.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
4
New Year Observed With Prayer and Fanfare Across City
Citizens marked the old year with solemn services in churches and cathedrals while the New Year was greeted with prayerful resolve. From St Pauls portico four trumpeters announced the arrival as the Cathedral of the Holy Cross held Te Deum with Cardinal OConnell presiding. The city roared with bells whistles horns and shouts as clocks struck midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Cartinal
O'Connell
Dominion
St. Paul's Cathedral
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
Dean Rousmaniere
Midnight Mass at Mt Lebanon Church Marks Year’s End
A midnight mass was celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of the Cedars of Mt. Lebanon located at 66 Tyler Street. Mgr. Korke Christmas, pastor of the church, led the service marking the close of the old year and the coming of the new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Our Lady of the Cedars of
Mt. Lebanon
Tyler © Street
Mgr. Korkexmas
New Year Crowd at Boston Common Fills 50 000
Fifty thousand people packed Boston Common for a municipal New Year celebration. The crowd sang "Sweet Adeline" and other tunes as red white and blue bulbs lit the bandstand. Several women fainted and minor injuries occurred when ropes and fences gave way under pressure as surge lines formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thirteen Life Mistakes Highlighted by Boston Mayor
Mayor Fitzgerald recounted a London list titled Thirteen Mistakes in Life and urged Boston citizens to heed them New Year. The items warn against self righteous standards, judging youth, impossible perfection, and neglecting others while promoting courtesy kindness and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Europe
London
Rentoul
City of London ‘Court
Boston
New Year Festivities Marked by Mass Singing and Crowd Turmoil
Amid fireworks and bells 50 000 gathered around the bandstand for songs led by Mayor Fitzgerald and notable choruses. Police struggled to control pushing as women were pressed forward and a Mary Smith 22 of 34 Broadway South Boston was injured and carried away. The event featured Ives Naval Brigade Band and Dartmouth glee club voices with later church watch services across Boston shaping the New Year transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Adeline
Ives
Naval Brigade
Harry Lauder
Dartmouth
Dorchester, Boston College
Hotel and Railroad News Company
Aingsre
Mary Smith
Broadway
Boston
Tremont Street
Relief Hospital
William McDevitt
Harry 8. McGowan
Dorchester
Moonlight Bay
Munyons Cold Remedy Ad Claims Quick Cure
An old advertisement touts Munyon's Cold Remedy promising relief for the head throat and lungs almost immediately. It claims to check fevers stop nasal discharges relieve aches and pains and cure grip coughs and obstinate pneumonia with a price of aoSe at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Price aoSe
Jer
Capt. Collings
Navy Sends World Wide New Year Greeting
At midnight the Navy Department flashed a New Year greeting from Arlington Virginia. The operator captured the time signal from Paris Eiffel Tower about 3900 miles away and hoped Clifden Ireland and naval stations at sea would receive the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Arlington
Eiffel
Paris
Clifden
Ireland
Atlantic
Pacific
Back Bay Hotels Offer Lavish New Year Festivities
Elite demands strained Back Bay hotels as the Thorndike reported exhausted reservations for New Year. Guests enjoyed London and Paris style favors imported for 1918 celebrations with a Tyrolean orchestra among the leading musical features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Bay
Thorndike
London
Paris
First Parcels Post Stamp Draws Boston Crowd
Hundreds queued for the inaugural parcels post as Postmaster Mansfield and Director Benson led the event at the Boston office. Officials, contestants, and spectators watched as the first stamps and packages began moving, marking a historic start for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parcels Post
Mansfield
Boston
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston Post Office
New Year's Eve Bustle Fills Downtown Hotels in Boston
At the Quincy House Crawford House American House Revere House Boston Tavern Parker's Young's and the Bellevue crowds filled every seat as diners rang in the new year. By 11 o'clock the party was in full swing and at midnight a pandemonium erupted with drums fifes trumpets and tin pans from hundreds of revelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Quincy House
Crawford House
American House
Revere House
Boston Tavern
Parker's
Young’s
Bellevue
Boston Chinatown Welcomes New Year Under Republic of China
Odor of sandalwood and festive decorations marked Chinatown Boston as Chinese New Year began at midnight under the Republic of China. Celebrations shifted from past noisy revelry to meetings and speeches by merchants and students about progress. About 100 students gathered at Red Dragon cafe with Y S Tsao as toastmaster and dishes including eight precious pudding served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chinatown
Republic of China
Yen Sai-Kai
Republic
Red Dragon
Yee Wah
New England
S. Tsao
Cathedral of the Holy Cross Holds Solemn Te Deum
Solemn services were held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with Te Deum sung by both choirs. Cardinal presided with a large congregation as a procession preceded the service and a special musical program was rendered under Pio De Luca. Father Hickey preached a sermon of thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromfield Street
Boston
First Church
People’s Temple
Tremont Street
A. H. Nezarian
L. Mills
Ll. A. Nies
Bromfield
Joe M. Leonard
Dlosing
John W. Hamilton
Dillon Bronson
Union Rescue Mission
Dover Street
Park Street
Sidney B. Snow
King’s Chapel
Edward Cummings
Edward Everett Hale
Cardinal
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Mgr. M. J. Splaine
D. D
Thomas R. McCoy
William B. Finigan
Michael J. Scanlan
James J. Redican
Joseph F. McGlinchey
Pio de Luca
Eilen A. McLaughlin
Christine Galbraith
F. X. Mahoney
Father Hickey
Prisoner Jesse Pomeroy’s escape plans and craft
Three year prisoner Jesse Pomeroy confesses long term effort to escape using red putty to seal holes in a cross bar. He hides tools among cell books and papers and remains determined to escape, despite health and age concerns at 68. Officer Brassil bears scars from a prior confrontation during tool recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Pomeroy
Thomas Brassil
Old Oaken Bucket Farm Sells Osmo Chemic Cure Claim
Mrs. Arthur Merritt on the Greenbush Massachusetts farm of Samuel Woodworth notes many tourists visit the well believed to inspire the poem The Old Oaken Bucket. She credits Osmo Chemic Physicians for kidney and bladder relief after other doctors failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbush
Mass
Scituate
Samuel Woodworth
Arthur Merritt
Back Bay
Clergan
A Matter of Taste by J W McFall Featured in Post Magazine
A double page drawing by J. W. McFall titled A Matter of Taste is highlighted as a notable feature in next Sunday's Post Magazine. The piece is among the magazine's standout selections for the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McFall
Next Sunday
Post
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