Railroad Y. M. C. A.: Bible study at 3 p.m. At 3:30 p.m. Mr. Firman McCormick will conduct the men’s meeting. All young men are cordially invited. Good music.
“Religious Notes,” Fort Wayne News (Fort Wayne, Indiana), 11 July 1896, p. 4, col. 7; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2013).


Interesting notice. There most have been at least two YMCA’s in Fort Wayne….and then, as now, “good music” was draw.
That is one of the things I miss from church life, access to good music and the opportunity to make music.