Reforming the slums test a socialite dinner scene
John Gordon faces Miss Andrews and Luella at a Penrose party while defending slum work. A heated table discussion with Professor Emory reveals clash between reform and elite indifference. Gordon’s speech highlights Hope House’s battles, foreshadowing family sorrow as Rufus Gordon dies at home.
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
Dumbell
Mrs. Caylor
Louie
Marsh
Archie Penrose
Constance Penrose
Penrose
America
Park Avenue
Emory
John
Mary
Bavaria
Landallo
Bowen Street
Mrs. Penrose
Cranstons
Young Penrose
Mr. Gordon
Life of Slain Editor Narciso Gonzales and Civil War Tribute
A lengthy reminiscence traces Narciso Gener Gonzales editor of the State born August 5 1858 at Edingsville SC through his career from telegraph operator to editor at the State. It records his Cuban independence ties and wartime service with Cuban forces in 1898 and notes his marriage to Lucile Barron. It also covers a separate Lee birthday commemoration in Charleston with Major James F. Hart praising Lee and defending Confederate memory amid evolving historical views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narciso Gener Gonzales
Edingsville
Edisto Island
South Carolina
Ambrosio Jose Gonzales
Matanzas
Cuba
Narciso Lopez
Lopez
Cardenas
Harriett Rutledge
William Elliott
Beaufort
S. C
Georgia
Florida
Beauregard, Hardee
Pemberton
Greensboro
N. C
Johnston
N. G. Gonzales
Virginia
Colleton County
D. C
Yarnville
Hampton County
US. C
Port Royal
Charleston Journal of Commerce
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Plant System
Savannah Ga
Valdosta
A. B. Williams
Greenville News
Charleston News and Courier
Columbia
Washington
Garfield
Guiteau
News and Courier
Charleston
Dawson
Gov. Richardson
Hawaiian Islands
Tillman
Ambrose E. Gonzales
Gonzales
Spain
Tampa
Emilio Nunez
Maximo Gomez
Fanita
Peoria
Palo Alto
Trocha
Gomez
Moron
Key West
Lucile Barron
Manning
Clarendon County
Ann Elliott
Messrs
A. E
W. E. Gonzales
A. E. Gonzales
Hattie R. Gonzales
Columbia State
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hibernian Hall
James F. Hart
Yorkville
Simonton
Lee
Major Hart
Confederate Daughters
Roundhead
Charles
Cromwell
Westminister Abbey
Parliament House
Jefferson Davis
United States
South
the Daughters of the Confederacy
New England
Josiah Quincy
Henry Cabot
Pickering
Hartford
William McKinley
Massachusetts
Northwest
Union
Lincoln
National Capital
Thomas Carlyle
England
Hampton
Jackson
Jenkins and Connor
Pettigrew
Richard Lee
Commonwealth of Virginia
John Hampden
Phillip Worsely
Oxford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles M. Sheldon
Robert Hardy
Rufus Gordon
Robert Edward Lee
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