Upton Sinclair's Helicon Hall

Upton Sinclair used the income from The Jungle to found a socialist utopian colony known as Helicon Hall in Englewood, New Jersey. Ellis O. Jones was a Trustee of the venture.

On Sunday, March 7, 1907 Helicon Hall burned to the ground. The New York Times covered the story ten days later.

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Little Essays: January 30, 1910

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Little Essays: February 6, 1910

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Little Essays: February 20, 1910

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Little Essays: November 28, 1909

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Little Essays: January 16, 1910

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Little Essays: January 9, 1910

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Little Essays: December 5, 1909

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The Humors of Home Life

The Humors of Home Life As Depicted by the Comic Weeklies of the World
By Thomas L. Masson and Ellis O. Jones of the Editorial Staff of "Life"
Good housekeeping: Volume 49, Number 4 (October 1909), p. 353 ff.
From Cornell University Library's HEARTH (Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History) a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines.

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What did he look like?

That's him, criminal, behind bars, in a perp photo, with co-defendant Robert Noble. The photo that made my dad's life difficult for a time in high school, sharing the name.

Ellis O. Jones, 93, A Radical, Is Dead

Ford for President

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Bolsheviki in Bellvue

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How did this happen you say? It seems he led a demonstration in Central Park, in the rain.

And ten days later...