Billy Sunday was a professional athlete in the 20s and 30s – baseball player, I think – who became an evangelical Christian and gave rousing sermons in person and on the radio. From what my grandparents said, he was very lively and used a lot of baseball lingo in his talks. He was in favor of women’s rights and against child labor when both were “touchy” subjects. He also never indulged in “Catholic baiting”, which was a very popular idea at the time, and counted Cardinal Gibbons as a friend.
He never fell into the scandals that ruined so many others, from Amy McPherson to Jim and Tammy Bakker.
Around the Victorian era it was illegal to serve certain deserts in pharmacy/soda shops. They were allowed to stay open on sundays since they dispensed medicines, but were not allowed to serve “decadent concoctions” such as milk shakes & sodas. An enterprising businessman found a way around the Blue Law by simply selling ice cream with syrup over it. Since it was legal to sell on sundays he named it the sundae…
Aaberon about 10 years ago
OK: I’m afraid to ask (and show my ignorance): Who’s Billy Sunday? I’ll look that up later for my lunchtime entertainment.
Dani Rice about 10 years ago
Billy Sunday was a professional athlete in the 20s and 30s – baseball player, I think – who became an evangelical Christian and gave rousing sermons in person and on the radio. From what my grandparents said, he was very lively and used a lot of baseball lingo in his talks. He was in favor of women’s rights and against child labor when both were “touchy” subjects. He also never indulged in “Catholic baiting”, which was a very popular idea at the time, and counted Cardinal Gibbons as a friend.
He never fell into the scandals that ruined so many others, from Amy McPherson to Jim and Tammy Bakker.
QuietStorm27 about 10 years ago
In reality the girls would be in the office for beating Agnes up, good thing this isn’t reality.
louieglutz about 10 years ago
oddly enough he was a resident of our once quiet little valley a while back. they even named a road after him.
gzitver about 10 years ago
After sampling videos like this, I can sympathize with Agnes’s position.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZSTTXsXJ38
craigwestlake about 10 years ago
Around the Victorian era it was illegal to serve certain deserts in pharmacy/soda shops. They were allowed to stay open on sundays since they dispensed medicines, but were not allowed to serve “decadent concoctions” such as milk shakes & sodas. An enterprising businessman found a way around the Blue Law by simply selling ice cream with syrup over it. Since it was legal to sell on sundays he named it the sundae…