Reforming the slums becomes personal test for Gordon
John Gordon, heir to wealth, refuses a bank post to aid slum reform at Hope House. After a deadly fire at Bowen street, he and Miss Grace Andrews push for a city park on the burned site, seeking funds from Luella Marsh and the wary Mr. Marsh.
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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
Dumbell
Mrs. Caylor
Louie
Marsh
Williams
Falmouth
David
Mr. Gordon
Bowen Street
Ford
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Suella
Missa Andrews
The Hope House Debate Over Mr Marsh Gift
John Gordon confronts Mr. Marsh over donating No 91 property for Hope House. Marsh agrees to transfer the property after a tense exchange about the building’s harmful past and the true cost of his philanthropy. Gordon warns that praise should not redeem illegal gain. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Gordon
Hope House
Mr. Marsh
John Gordon
Marsh
Philo H. Marsh
J. 8. Clarkson
Iowa
South
J. S. Clarkson
New York Custom House
Washington
New York
Republican Party
Clarkson
Alabama
South Carolina
Pennsyyvania
Ohio
Joseph Manley
Maine
Crums
Mr. Hanna
Mr. Platt
Washington Post
Citizens of York Urge Collar Law for Dogs in State
A York County petition urges a state dogs collar act with county funded collars, fines for uncollared heads, and revenue diverted to roads or schools. Signers include J La Mogil Clarkson Fort Mill W E Gettys and numerous York and Ebenezer Township residents. The Enquirer will print names and keep the petition open for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
General Assembly
J. la Mogi
Bethany
C. T. Crook
Fort Mill
W. E. Gettys
Ighen M. la Smith
Iessnue
Clover
J. A
Olive
Joseph A. Smith
Yorkville
William Ferguson
Aaireagesinenys
R. F
Ss. T. Ferguson
Sutton Ferguson
Épeinsi Wuvalitaeenes
J. J. Goulden
R.F.D
M. B. Massey
Ebenezer
J. P. Hutchison
J. H. Barnett
W. M. Carothers
E. L. Barnett
Ebenezer Township
J. T. Faris
W. D. Faris
T. M. Carothers
W.W. J. Faris
Enquirer
Fig-Wasp Helped Grow U.S. Fig Trade From Smyrna Origin
After over two decades of work, fig growing has become a success in the United States led by Fresno innovator George C. Reeding. The Smyrna fig requires the Blastophaga grossorum wasp to mature, a process only recently achieved by importing wild fig trees and wasps with cooperative support from the agriculture department.
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Niles
Cal
Great
California
New York Sun
United States
George C. Reeding
Fresno
Smyrna
Asia Minor
America
Department of Agriculture
Three Japanese Explorers Enter Lhassa City
Reported entry of Capt. Yoshiteru Narita Hiroshi Nomi and Keikai Kawaguchi into Lhassa Thibet the forbidden sacred capital their daring ascent deems Japan awakening a new global power likened to Spain England and America with Narita’s prior stay in China and Kawaguchi’s harsh Himalayan trek and temporary blindness.
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Lhassa
Thibet
Yoshiteru Narita
Hiroshi Nomi
Keikai Kawaguchi
Honganji
Kyoto
Y. Narita
Satsuma
China
Holy City
Japan
Capt
Narita
Kelkal Kawaguchi
Himalaya
Kawaguchi
Shassa
Sven Hedin
Narata
Spain
Cortez
Pizarro
de Soto
England
Drake
Howard
Hawke
Peking
Skepes
Lamaism
India
Tien-Tsin
Ping-Yang
Wei-Hai-Wei
America
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the Reformer
Charles M. Sheldon
Robert Hardy
Salem
Captain George Effingham
East India Marine Museum
David Burton
York
General Assembly of
Aaron Jones
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