Jacob Riis Honored as a Leader in City Reform
Biographical praise for Jacob A Riis as a transformative reformer and champion of tenement-house renewal. Cites Roosevelt's praise, Riis’s journalism from Mulberry Street, and his role in shaping social reform through documentation, advocacy, and collaboration with municipal leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A. Riis
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Riis
New York
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Abram S. Hewitt
Becker
Riis
Seth Tow
Mitchel
Boston
New York Sun
Local items and notices from Sebenon Hall to Bath events
Wednesday evening saw Stevens's Orchestra at Sebenon Hall Woolwich. Mrs C F Totman recovering after a city hospital operation. Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage held a Portland meeting. Mrs Byron Stevens spoke. George Ingalls remodels the Curtis house Pearl St. John Pease recalls first quarter and last $5 bill with a 150-year-old gig wheel. Beacons Street and Oak Street Boy Scouts had supper after a parade. Boston ships 49–50 barrels of shad from Richmond. Bath shipments 40–50. Nova Scotia lobsters dominate markets in Boston and New York. Portland ignored. Funeral for Mrs Dexter Ridley Bath. pallbearers Oscar Ridley and Elmer Ridley. Maple Grove burial. Charles E Plaisted of Waverley Mass honored at Bath post office transfer. plans for poultry shows noted.
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Sebenon Hall
Woolwich
Stevens
C. F. Totman
City Hospital
Maine Association Opposed
Columbia Hotel
Portland
Byron Stevens
Brunswick
George Ingalls
Curtis House
Pearl] St
John Pease
Phippsburg
Beacon Street
Central
Grace Church
Oak St
Nova Scotia
Boston
New York
Bath
Dexter Ridley
North Bath
Chappell
Elm Street
Oscar Ridley
Elmer Ridley
Lewiston
Ernest Evrard
City
Auburn
Maple Grove
Charles E. Plaisted
Waverley
Mass
Boston Post Office
Plaisted
Maine
Massachusetts
Local Notes Highlight Town Events and Miscellany
In Defiance a boat built by Herrschoff as the longest day nears, while Rev. David L. Wilson and the St. John Band perform locally. Memorial activities fill Maple and Oak Grove Cemeteries as Lisbon stores plan summer Saturday closings and Sagadahoc County sees a new Commissioner. The week reports quiet waterfront business, a 75 pound sturgeon catch, and plans for a repeat Woolwich Ferry party. Crutches for Allan Spear follow a glass injury at a New Meadows camp. Garden crops jump with warmth, and church services mark the new conference year. Rogers Mansion renovations continue with Boston furnishings, and New England sewer repairs finish. A dead dove on Chase’s corner prompts notes on automobiles. A Richmond Bee quip about snow and a snow tank follows. Potomac arrives at Carling, N F, under its own steam after heroic ice rescue.
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St. John Band
Brunswick
Kennebec Conservatory
Lisbon
Maple
Oak Grove
U. S
Morse
King of the Bay
al Ridley
Woolwich Ferry
Sebenon Hall
Tuessie Hall
Charles W. Jack
Sagadahoc County
Merrill McKenney
Front Street
Allan Spear
New Meadows
Wye Ge
Sihise City
Methodist
Richmond
J. M. Frost
Rogers
Upper
High St
H. H. McCarty
Boston
Chase
Richmond Bee
Teddy
J. I Taylor
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Carling
N. F
Bns
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Promotes Belief
Bath Maine resident Mrs. G. C. A. Bean testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her rheumatic pains and backaches by targeting the kidneys. The ad urges readers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills, backed by home testimony, distributed through 50 local stores by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
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Bath
GC. A. Bean
Middle St. Court, Bath
Dean
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
Terre Hill Pennsylvania resident Mrs Augustus Lyon testifies to relief from female troubles and aches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as a long standing standard for women's ills with many testimonials on file in the Lynn Massachusetts laboratory.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Terre Hill, Pa
Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Riis
Denmark
The
Tribune
Sun
Mulberry Street
Mulberry Bend
East Side
Tammany Hall
America
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Emerson
Lower East Side
East End
London
Dickens
Walter Besant
Bowery
Bryce
Roosevelt and
Nune Dimittis
Defiance
Herrschoff
David L. Wilson
Old Ladies
Johnson
KF. H. Wimball
High St.hlote
Castor
Hess
E Food Ag
Ili
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Depo
Fidelity Trust Company
Portland, Main
YTV 2
Chacute Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Portland, Maine
W. Watson
Office Arts Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Maine
Ontario Veterina College
D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
M.D.C
Ontario Veterinary Medical Society
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
TB. Nichols
North St. Katte
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