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148 stories matching methodist
- A Community Mourns a Young Mother
Mrs. J. I. Windust passes away at the Walla Walla hospital, leaving behind a husband and five young children.
- The Pulpit Versus the Millinery
Tacoma and North Yakima ministers spark a public outcry by demanding women remove their hats during church services.
- A Candidate's Disreputable Journey
A political traveler's penchant for whiskey and poker leaves his campaign coffers dry.
- The Choir Strikes Over the Waltz
A Spokane church choir walks out after their pastor forbids the organist from dancing at balls.
- A Musical Benefit for the African M. E. Church
The Merry Eight Club hosted a successful spring musical at Turner Hall to support the local Jones Street African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- Police Called to Quiet Basketball Riot
Neighbors of the high school gymnasium grew so frustrated by the deafening roar of a basketball game that they summoned a policeman to restore order.
- The Murphy Temperance Movement Sweeps Aberdeen
Thomas E. Murphy leads a massive revival at the opera house, securing 700 pledges for the temperance cause.
- A Barber's Final Journey
The community mourns the loss of John Morgan Buckingham, a dedicated barber and long-time resident of the Garden Tracts.
- The Weight of the Future in 1916
Rev. C.E. Miller challenges Kennewick graduates to tackle the corruption and industrial oppression of their era.
- The Mobbing of the Moralizers
When four prominent temperance leaders and a local businessman tried to close down a suspected illegal saloon, they were met on the street and pelted with rotten eggs.
- The Ladies’ Aid Hustle for Their Debt
Community members turn to home baking and creative labor to settle the local church’s accounts.
- Narrow Escape in the Business District
A late-night fire is extinguished in a downtown shoe shop just before it could engulf the surrounding blocks.
- A Family Found in Desperate Straits
A sick, destitute family in Oakesdale is discovered in squalid conditions by a community member.
- The Last of the Snohomish Hilltop Landmark
A historic rock formation, long a gathering place for locals to view the Cascade Mountains and Mount Rainier, is dismantled to build bridge piers.
- The passing of a pioneer at Ninth and Mill
A quiet life comes to an end as a Washington territory settler joins his wife in rest.
- A Frontier Farewell in Richland
Community ties bind residents together before a migration to Montana.
- Richland’s Patriotic Picnic and the Rising River
While the community prepared for a festive Fourth of July celebration in the park, encroaching floodwaters threatened local farms and the picnic grounds themselves.
- Billy Sunday Draws a Crowd
Over 1,000 hopefuls packed Jamieson’s Opera House for the evangelist's visit, but most were left in the cold.
- The Prohibitionists' Cold Water Jubilee
Temperance advocates marked Washington's birthday with a sober banquet in Seattle, raising hundreds for their cause.
- Kennewick's Homefront Logistics
Community groups coordinate a fresh fruit supply chain for local soldiers training at Fort Walla Walla.
- The Bishop and the Golden Calf
A fiery editorial critique of Bishop Newman’s defense of vast wealth accumulation and its impact on the laboring classes.
- The Fight for a Local Children's Home
After handling over 130 cases of abuse, the Everett Humane Society takes the first steps toward building a permanent home for the city's vulnerable children.
- A Dispute Over Debt at the New Methodist Church
Congregational tension surfaces as trustees weigh a $10,000 loan to complete the new North Seattle building project.
- The Churchgoer With a Murder Warrant Waiting
For three years, Sprague knew R. J. Howard as a trusted young man and Methodist probationer. Then a Lincoln County sheriff walked into Lewis' store and called him by another name.
- The Minister and the Mob
A Marysville clergyman faces a near-drowning at the hands of an angry crowd after attempting to enforce strict Sunday-closing laws against a local baseball game.