Reforming Gordon Faces Slum Reform Battles
John Gordon rejects a bank career to aid the slums with Grace Andrews at Hope House. He contemplates a reform page for the Daily News, resists yellow journalism, and clashes with political boss Tommy Randall over tenement reform as his friend Barton’s health fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gordon
Gordon
Luella Marsh
Hope House
Grace Andrews
David Barton
Daily News
One Harris
Harris
Barton
Luella
Mr. Marsh
George Effingham
Colorado
Miss Andrews
Tommy Randall
Randall
Louie Caylor
Funeral drama and a churchman’s call to action on Bowen street
Gordon and Rev. Paul Falmouth confront city misery as a funeral at Bowen street exposes the gaps between church wealth and urban squalor. The choir sings to comfort Louie Caylor’s mother, while Gordon urges parish leaders to see the truth of Hope House’s world. A fire on Moss street links ordinary life to urgent reform.
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Gordon
Bowen Street
Hope House
The
Homiletic Review
North Ameri
Falmouth
Christ
Starr King
Celestial Record Book
Mr. Falmouth
Mammon
John Gordon
Louie Caylor
Tommy Randall
No. 91
Alarsh
Paul Falmouth
Louie
Mrs. Caylor
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Randall
David Barton
Barton
Waterside District
Moss Street
David
Flags and banners stored at the War Department
The War Department cleaned a garret of Confederate banners captured in Civil War actions. Among the 160 flags are pieces from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Notable examples include flags from the 16th Georgia and Antietam era units.
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Cleveland
Confederacy
War Department
Department
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Georgia Volunteers
Burnside
Longstreet
Fort Saunder’s
Tenn
Heth
Gordon
Antietam
Malvern Hill
Pennsylvania
Sumter
Custer
Sheridan
8Th
South Carolina Infantry
Citadel of
Charleston
S. C
Fort Moultrie
Charleston Harbor
12Th Virginia
George J. Shapp
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Shapp
Sharp
Uncle Sam
Military Academy
West Point
Polk
Mexico
Washington
Washington Post
Venezuelan Traders Agree to Bank Notes for Payments
Caracas and other ports suspend bank runs as leading traders and the Bank of Venezuela accept bank notes for all payments. Revolt continues with 1,500 revolutionists marching toward Caracas while Generals Ramos Penalosa fight government troops near Guatire. 57 rebels killed and many wounded. President Castro shows energy as Matos leaders seek talks with the government. The Hague proposal response is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Caracas
la Guayra
Valencia
Puerto Cabello
Bank of Venezuela
Ramos
Penalosa
Acosta
Guatire
Castro
Matos
Hague Tribunal
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the Reformer
Charles M. Sheldon
Robert Hardy
Nazareth Avenue
Nazareth Avenue Church
Lowell
Flags OF the Confederacy
Columbia
Newberry Observer
St.louis
Tion
Louisiana. Purchase Exposition
St. Louis
Washington Monument
Alexander Graham Bell
Langley
Smithsonian Institute
Maxim
Santos Dumont
France
Octave Chanute
Stevens
Laurence Roth
Blue Hills
Mass
Count von Zeppellin
Europe
America
Atlantic
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Bell
Nova Scotia
Chicago Record-Herald
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