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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
6
St Pauls Lutheran services listed with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 by N Hansen of Lincoln Neb. Christmas ties program in the evening of Dec 29 with Sunday school children performing. Hansen will attend. offering to be taken for orphans homes. Everyone welcome.
Christmas Eve services and programs are listed for the Seventh and Chestnut Street First Presbyterian and the Church of Christ at Eighth and Chestnut. The First Presbyterian program features recitations, songs, dialogues, solos, and a reading of the birth story, with a German service and English service with communion on Christmas Day. The Church of Christ program includes a chorus, readings, solos, and a nativity presentation, beginning at 7 PM with a 7 AM Christmas Eve start and offerings for synod support.
The United Presbyterian Church at Sixth and Walnut Streets will hold a Christmas program on Thursday evening, December 24. Featured items include songs Christ the Lord and King of Kings, a responsive reading, and a pageant with primary class Ruth Currie John Henderson Rosa Hunter and the White Gifts, concluding with a birthday celebration for the King.
The First Baptist Church at Seventh and Chestnut will host a Christmas Eve program on December 24 featuring a sequence of readings, songs, and exercises. Participants include Ernest Christensen, Vera Cousins, Elva Tree, Veda Welsh, Carmelita Waters, Iva Nelson, Elmer Kewley, and Esther Christensen among others, with titles such as The Bells of Christmas and The Old Old Story.
At Sixth and Locust Streets the parish holds masses at 6, 8, and 10 a.m with a sermon and benediction. The choir will sing Leonard's mag in E flat. Listed are sopranos altos tenor and bass soloists, violinist, and organist. Non Catholics are invited to attend these services.
The Congregational church announces a Thursday 7:30 p m children centered Christmas program with trees treats and helpers. A Candle Light Christmas Service follows at 7 a m Christmas morning with candles music and message. Sunday services repeat Christmas themes with a special evening concert.
A Christmas program by the Sunday school is set for 7 30 p m Christmas Eve with a festival service at 11 00 a m Christmas Day The program features carols readings and a long list of student participants including Melvin Wise Leona Brohmer Pauline Eilts and Ralph Buehmer among others
Philadelphia Dec 22 Dr Alexander Hamilton Rice explorer recounts his South American journey through the Rio Negro and a 17 day chase by Guahiaribos cannibals along the Orinoco. Amid gunfire and panic he escaped by river in the night as mist hid their retreat awaiting deeper water to flee.
School girls and boys are invited to purchase a Christmas gift for mothers at Griffith Gift Shop. The offer costs three dollars with a guarantee of pleasing the recipient. A large variety of patterns is available for selection.
Des Moines December 22 After being held a prisoner for forty hours by Archie Morris a convict 17 year old Lutile Flanagan bride of Private James Flanagan Fort Des Moines assisted in the arrest of her assailant A charge of attempted assault was filed Morris jailed He has spent over twenty years in prison for attempted assaults on young girls and women The girl wife said Morris met her on the street and persuaded her to come to his home once there he imprisoned her and fought off repeated attacks A strange man who heard her story aided in her escape Morris was discharged from Fort Madigan prison three weeks ago He was once sentenced to life imprisonment but the decision was reversed by the supreme court Shop notices follow.
Election notice announces candidacy of a councilman in Atlantic First Ward. Voters will decide at the city election in March.
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