Mrs. Carry Nation closed her crusade in this city, Dayton, Ohio, yesterday
by holding three remarkable meetings.
In the morning she filled the pulpit of the Home Avenue U. B. church
and as usual the church was not large enough to hold the crowd and
many had to stand outside.
Mrs. Nation was afterwards entertained at dinner by Rev. H. A.
Thompson at his residence, opposite the U. B. seminary.
The National theatre had been engaged for Mrs. Nation's Sunday
afternoon meeting, though Broadway M. E. church wanted her, but Mrs.
Nation desired to hold that meeting in as large a place as possible, as
she anticipated that there would be a large attendance. At the last moment
the National theatre management decided they could not permit the
house to be used Sunday, as they expected an inspection of the auditorium,
so Mrs. Nation's committee secured the big Armory around the corner
from the theatre at Sixth and the canal. Mrs. Nation had especially invited
the saloonkeepers, sports and unmarried young men and ladies. The
meeting was announced for 2:30, but at 1 o'clock the crowds began to assemble.
The large choir from McKinley M. E. church, under direction
of Rev. C. T. Lewis and his wife, arrived about 1:30 and rendered a fine
lot of selections until Mrs. Nation opened the meeting at 2:30. There
were only seats for about 3,000, but Captain Hooven estimated the crowd
as about 3,800 people.
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