America’s Daily NewsDelivered 100 Years Later
A Century Late
Saturday, September 25, 1926
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 2 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL OPEN

Context - explained by ACL:

The report describes a little-advertised chapel of the famous Methodist divine on City road in London, missed by tourist automobiles but sought out by hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, in the twisting streets of old London. It says the chapel has recently been renovated and is now open daily for prayer, and that a Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and died.

A Methodist chapel on City road in London, visited by American travelers.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1926, page 2]

LONDON, September 25 (Æ). - One of the little advertised American pilgrimages in London is to John Wesley's Chapel on City road. The tourist automobiles miss the little chapel of the famous Methodist divine, but hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, seek it out in the labyrinth of twisting streets of old London. Recently the chapel was renovated and now is open daily for prayer and mediation. A Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and where he died on March 2, 1791, in his eight-eighth year.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Saturday, September 25, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 2 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL OPEN

Context - explained by ACL:

The report describes a little-advertised chapel of the famous Methodist divine on City road in London, missed by tourist automobiles but sought out by hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, in the twisting streets of old London. It says the chapel has recently been renovated and is now open daily for prayer, and that a Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and died.

A Methodist chapel on City road in London, visited by American travelers.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1926, page 2]

LONDON, September 25 (Æ). - One of the little advertised American pilgrimages in London is to John Wesley's Chapel on City road. The tourist automobiles miss the little chapel of the famous Methodist divine, but hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, seek it out in the labyrinth of twisting streets of old London. Recently the chapel was renovated and now is open daily for prayer and mediation. A Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and where he died on March 2, 1791, in his eight-eighth year.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Saturday, September 25, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 2 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL OPEN

Context - explained by ACL:

The report describes a little-advertised chapel of the famous Methodist divine on City road in London, missed by tourist automobiles but sought out by hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, in the twisting streets of old London. It says the chapel has recently been renovated and is now open daily for prayer, and that a Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and died.

A Methodist chapel on City road in London, visited by American travelers.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1926, page 2]

LONDON, September 25 (Æ). - One of the little advertised American pilgrimages in London is to John Wesley's Chapel on City road. The tourist automobiles miss the little chapel of the famous Methodist divine, but hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, seek it out in the labyrinth of twisting streets of old London. Recently the chapel was renovated and now is open daily for prayer and mediation. A Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and where he died on March 2, 1791, in his eight-eighth year.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Saturday, September 25, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 2 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL OPEN

Context - explained by ACL:

The report describes a little-advertised chapel of the famous Methodist divine on City road in London, missed by tourist automobiles but sought out by hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, in the twisting streets of old London. It says the chapel has recently been renovated and is now open daily for prayer, and that a Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and died.

A Methodist chapel on City road in London, visited by American travelers.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1926, page 2]

LONDON, September 25 (Æ). - One of the little advertised American pilgrimages in London is to John Wesley's Chapel on City road. The tourist automobiles miss the little chapel of the famous Methodist divine, but hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, seek it out in the labyrinth of twisting streets of old London. Recently the chapel was renovated and now is open daily for prayer and mediation. A Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and where he died on March 2, 1791, in his eight-eighth year.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Saturday, September 25, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 2 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL OPEN

Context - explained by ACL:

The report describes a little-advertised chapel of the famous Methodist divine on City road in London, missed by tourist automobiles but sought out by hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, in the twisting streets of old London. It says the chapel has recently been renovated and is now open daily for prayer, and that a Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and died.

A Methodist chapel on City road in London, visited by American travelers.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1926, page 2]

LONDON, September 25 (Æ). - One of the little advertised American pilgrimages in London is to John Wesley's Chapel on City road. The tourist automobiles miss the little chapel of the famous Methodist divine, but hundreds of foreigners, particularly Americans, seek it out in the labyrinth of twisting streets of old London. Recently the chapel was renovated and now is open daily for prayer and mediation. A Wesleyan museum has been founded in a neighboring house where Wesley lived and where he died on March 2, 1791, in his eight-eighth year.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.