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When Billy Sunday came to town…

John Fea   |  March 17, 2023

Grocers closed:

The Item, Sumter, SC, March 17, 2023

So did “Ready-Pay” stores:

Scranton (PA) Time-Tribune, April 15, 1914

Tea-rooms stayed open:

The South Bend Tribune, May 1, 1913

Automobiles were needed:

The Buffalo News, Jan. 26, 1917

So were special trains:

Columbia (SC) Record, Feb. 28, 1923

People climbed through roofs and windows:

Boston Globe, November 18, 1916

Lumber was sold:

St. Petersburg Times, April 20, 1927

New bleachers were erected at fair grounds:

The World News, Roanoke, VA, November 13, 1920

Executions were witnessed:

The Item, Sumter, SC, March 16, 1923

Ice cream was named:

Decatur, IL Herald and Review, March 5, 1910

Labor clashes were avoided when rumors were dispelled:

Scranton (PA Truth, April 16, 2914

Local locomotive companies made “temperance engines”:

Buffalo Commercial, May 26, 1915

“Clothing wars” broke out:

Council Grove Republican, Council Grove, Kansas, December 16, 1929

Plenty of coffee was on hand:

The Watchman and Southron, Sumter, SC, March 21, 1923

Boat trips from St. Petersburg to Tampa!:

St. Petersburg Times, Sunday, February 27, 1927

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Billy Sunday, evangelical history