Mildred Crawford Breaks Arm

Florence Crawford has been conducting meetings in Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the Azusa Street Mission. That morning her daughter, Mildred, falls and breaks her arm. In keeping with Florence Crawford's wishes, her husband Frank Crawford refuses medical attention for their daughter.

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Seymour Leaves Indianapolis

Late June, William J. Seymour leaves Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Lupton and Columbus, Ohio

Lupton and several others travel to Columbus, Ohio, where they incorporate the Apostolic Faith Association of Alliance. Lupton takes the title of Apostle.

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Levi Lupton and the Apostolic Faith Association

Levi Lupton forms a new group called the Apostolic Faith Association. C.A. McKinney, the pastor of the South Street Mission in Akron, Ohio, is elected vice president. Frank Bartleman and J.H. King become board members.

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Lupton Camp Meeting Attack

A gang of young men invade the Lupton camp meeting with "squirt guns" filled with diluted sulfuric acid. The clothes are burned off some people, and many receive painful burns. No one is arrested.

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Baptismal Service in Full Creek

Pastor William J. Seymour, aided by Glenn Cook, holds a baptismal service in Full Creek, California, near the Indiana Avenue Bridge. Two hundred people attend and 13 are baptized. Among those baptized was Bennett F. Lawrence, who would later write the first history of Pentecostalism, entitled, "The Apostolic Faith Restored" (St. Louis, Mo.: Gospel Publishing House, 1916). The crowd took the streetcar to Murphy Hall where they conducted a feet washing and Communion service.

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Glenn Cook Interviewed by Police

Glenn Cook is interviewed by Captain Asch of the Indianapolis Police Department about possible criminal activity. No charges are filed.

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Levi Lupton and Pentecostal Camp Meeting

Levi Lupton opens a Pentecostal camp meeting on his property in Alliance, Ohio. E.W. and Mary Vinton, George Berg, Frank Bartleman, Ivey Campbell, and H.W. Allen, all from the Azusa Street Mission, participate.

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Police Undercover

The press reveals that the police chief had been sending undercover officers to Seymour's meetings as a result of anonymous complaints. They are criticized for not holding the color line.

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Edward McCauley Case Verdict

Edward McCauley is tried before the court and found guilty. He is given a choice between a $10 fine or 10 days in jail.

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