Eggshell matchsafe and Civil Service reform notes
A quirky eggshell and chicken leg matchsafe is described with a silver wire cup and bronze paint. The piece sits alongside reflections on Peter Hart a New York policeman who aided in Fort Sumter bombardment and later public library funding debates in Cosmopolis led by a citizens club pushing municipal reform and tighter governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hart
Fort Sumter
New York
Robert Anderson
Bunter
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Boston Farragut Statue Opens in Harbor Setting
Boston unveils a bronze statue of Admiral Farragut standing 8 feet 6 inches out to sea, dressed in the fall wartime uniform with straight visor cap. A damaged front frack shows, a sword hangs at the belt, pedestal of Quincy granite rises 12 feet high and 10 feet square with no inscription. Total cost of statue and pedestal about 28 thousand dollars.
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Boston
If one half of the world was as wise as the other half thinks itself to be
A pondering line contrasts perceived wisdom across halves of the world, questioning self-assessed insight and the fairness of global wisdom distribution. It suggests irony about collective judgment and intellectual self-regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Cogueigalpa
Honduras
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R. H. Cowles
Choice Family Groceries
Dsworth
Nevada
Edwin Fowler
Wadsworth
Reno
S.emrich
Wadsworth, Nevada
Virginia Street
Proprietors
R. Herz
Reno, Nevada
Ingraeving
E Hero of
Kort Sumter
Washington Gladden
Cosmopolis
Jim Mailey
Colonel Schneider
Citizens’ Organizations
Police Department
Avalin
Lyve
Hamlin
America
Cosmopolis Club
Secretary of the Treasury
Hias
John Sunderland
SGU
Kine
Elsy
John Lee
A.h.manning
E. C. Sessions & Co
Martha
Three Doors South First National Bank
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