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Reforming slums push tests city landlord in Hope House tale
John Gordon confronts city landlord Mr. Marsh over Bow en Street tenements linked to Hope House. Gordon guides Marsh through squalid stairwells, foul courtyards and a vaudeville saloon to expose neglect and push reform while inviting him to witness misery and press for action.
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John Gordon
Gordon
Luella Marsh
Hope House
Vuaudiville
Grace ‘Andrews
David Barton
Daily News
One Harris
Harris
Barton
Luella
Bowen Street
Rufus Gordon
Mr. Marsh
John
Hope Huse
John Gord
Miss Andrews
Mr. Mars
Board of Health
Jacob Riis
Marah
Magent
Davis
John Colon
Marsh
Long Avenue
High Lane
Philo Marsh
Joba-Gordon
Lear
Flowell Street
Umbbell Tenement
New York
Boren
Chicago
Stree
John Gordy
Louie
Mr. Gordon
Louis
Mah
Hell
Mrs. Caylor
America
Malone
Stokes
Eldon Drayton
The
Advocate
Indian Fields Camp Meeting
H. H. Kavanaugh
W. M. Wightman
Bennettsville
Sumter
Fort Mill
Ward
Marion Street
Columbia
Orangeburg
Bennettsville Station
Newberry
Bamberg and Buford’s Bridge
Spring Street
Charleston
Georgetown
Camden
Loretta P. Barentine
Marlboro County
S. C
Clare Malone
Elsie Meynardie
Marion Boyd
Grace Walter