'A Reminiscence of Old Days and a Contrast Philadelphia, Jan. 1.
After 90 years of silence, the "Liberty Bell" tolled in the New Year to-day. The Mayor's wite struck the bell with a golden hammer, her light strokes being heard all over the United States by means of wireless.
The bell is a sacred symbol independence. It was imported from England in 1752 and proclaimed America's new idea of nationhood in 1776. In 1836, however it was badly cracked and apparently silenced for ever:—Reuter's "American Service,
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