Spectacular Career of Billy Sunday Evokes Early Life
Theodore Fankenberg of The Ohio State Journal recalls Billy Sunday's Iowa boyhood in Nevada and Marshalltown. Colonel John Scott sheltered the youth, who excelled in sports, especially baseball center field, with strong family memories from Squire Cory’s farm. His mother, Mrs. W. J. Stowe, portrays Willie as energetic, loyal, and devoted to work, tracing his rise from a lively boy to the evangelist he became.
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Young Sunday
Nevada
Iowa
John Scot
Scott
Charles H. Hall
Angel
Marshalltown
Town
Anson
Chicago
Caicago
Willa
North Dakota
Wille
Willie To
Ashley
White
W. J. Stowe
Wilfie
Story County
Squire
J. EB. Cory
Middle West
Squire’ Cory
Billy
Peter
Fats
Willie
Ceceliarfr
Fanth
Northwestern
United States
Northwestern University
Baseball
Nathan Wilbaor Helm
Evanston Academy
Priliam Ames Sunday
Beaver Falls
Westminster
Sunday
Brest
Phari
The Rise of Billy Sunday From Orphans to Minister
A biographical sketch traces Billy Sunday from a humble youth in orphanages to ordination in the Presbyterian church. It details his self made education, early jobs as janitor and worker, baseball career, YMCA work, and eventual public evangelism, highlighting his memory, wide reading, and ability to discuss diverse topics with ease.
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George Ebers
W. A. Sundsy
Abraham Lincoln
Dwigh L. Moody
William Lloyd Garrison
Guiseppe Garibaldi
W. A. Sunday
Presbyterian Church
Saylums
Wars
Sunday Baseball Star Turned Evangelist in Modern Times
The article traces Billy Sunday from a standout baseball player to a celebrated evangelist. It notes his early roots in baseball, rapid rise with the White Sox and other clubs, his swift base running and flair for speed, and how his onstage vigor and vernacular appealed to masses. It recounts a famed race with Artie Latham, his conversion, church ordination, and ongoing ties to the sport as a source of energy for his gospel campaigns.
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Peter
Paul
Luther
Atofinus
America
Tabernacle
Sunday
Billy Sunday
Marshalltown
Iowa
Anson
Captain” Anson
Pop” Anson
Billy Sanday
White Sox
Chicago
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Bia
Wim
J. Thompson
Dir
Miss Thompson
Rene
National League
Thin Jedto
Arnie Latham
Bey
Columebus
Artie Latham
Cap Anson
Aid
Cap
Br. Louis
Westminster
Deaths of a day continued in East Orange and Bloomfield
The obituary notice details several deaths including John Anderson aged about one hundred, and Morris a dredge engineer who helped build submarines. It notes Edward P R Better, sixty four, editor of the Bloomfield Evening News, dying after an operation for matoiditis. He was active in the Republican Party and a Taft supporter.
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John Anderson
East Orange
Elgin
Beotland
America
Edward PR Better
Burials Evening News
Republican
Taft
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Ohio State Journal
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Americna
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Slong
Kansas City
Terre Haute
Dr. Chapman
Babl
Young Men's Christian Association
Gnally
Sucday
Jefferson Park
Committee In Education
Plumer Bryan
Wiliam A. Subday
Wits
Tefetwon Park Church
J. Wilbur Chapman
Presbytery of
New York
Joseph A. Vance
Alexander Patterson
Presbytery
Jefferson Pack Church
Frank Dewitt Talmage
J. Henry Bentz
J. Wiebur Chapman
J. Wibur Chipman
A. Vance
W. A. Sundar
James Frothingham
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Robert MecWatty Russell
Uppo Br
Russell
Ipeeka
Napoleon
Matt
Ty Cobb
Sam
Mr. Sunday
Mrr. Thompson
Banes
Carrani
Cobb
H. Johnson
Tribune
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Te Se
Gapreth Thales A. Morria
Dredg
Aldet
J. B Holland
Det
Lee
Gates, Citi, Murtis
Bloomfield
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