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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1903
Page
3
Weather did not hinder vast Christmas Sunday crowds in churches as mild temperatures contrasted with a stormy day. Morning services drew large congregations and the Christmas music touched many, though evening attendance lagged. services next Sunday will repeat in most cases.
Rev Charles T Billings delivered a Bethlehem Judea themed sermon highlighting the angel song and Christ’s personality. In the afternoon Rev A D K Shurtleff of Chelmsford gave an illustrated lecture titled Footsteps of the Master to church children and others with notable paintings displayed.
The Kirk Street Church held a morning and afternoon service featuring Christmas hymns carols and an anthem. A boy choir and piano augmented the regular choir with pastor Rev George Edward Martin delivering a brief tender sermon amid laurel evergreen and red flowers. The choir impressed with expressive singing including Though Poor be the Chamber and In Dreams I Heard the Seraphim.
Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills claim to energize the system and improve digestion for old people and all ages. They promise relief from liver torpor, constipation, headaches, and biliousness, with skin benefits and faster digestion. One-night cure claims and a 25 cent price at all dealers are noted with signature W. F. Smith.
Christmas observances filled the Immanuel Baptist church program with sermons on modern business and listening to Christ, plus a Sunday school concert under W. J. Beaven and Miss Etta Wedge. Royal singing by a boy choir and soloists highlighted the day alongside numerous recitations and choral numbers led by Mr. Beaven with organist Miss Gertrude Frence.
Christmas Sunday was observed at the First Congregational church with evergreen and laurel decorations and red ribbon. Youth decorators included Walter Wilson and others. Rev Gillam preached on the new birth titled The First Evangelist. soloists Mrs Josie Powers MacDonald, Miss Alice Leith, and Mr William Taylor performed. Friday prayers move to Wednesday. next Sunday the Sunday school Christmas concert will be held.
A packed audience attended Rev George F Kenn g etts lecture at Trinity Congregational Church last night. The pleasant Sunday evening service featured a stereopticon presentation on The First Christmas with life of the Master shown on screen. Music matched the theme with a large chorus and choir performing The Hope of the World, Schnecker’s choral cantata. An appeal to repeat the morning service was made. The event stood as one of the city’s best of its kind with orchestral music enhancing the program.
Christmas morning at Eliot Church featured a fitting service with festive decorations. The church quartet delivered unusually fine music with solos by Mrs Roberts and Mr Osmond Leng, as the pastor Rev. ... delivered the sermon.
E Victor Bigelow delivered a sermon on Laying Jesus in the Manger at Eliot church. Decorations featured greenery and crimson backdrop with a star arch and colorful lamps. Charles S Nichols designed the decor and Herbert Horne handled electrical work. decorations remain for next Sunday's services with Christmas music repeated.
Rainy Sunday hour reduced crowd at the Y M C A meeting but the session ranked among the best. Rev L Pisten spoke on foundation and upright living. the University Male Quartette of Boston performed, and plans for future engagements were discussed. A new entertainment, The Indian Maidens, touted as unique, will feature vaudeville and an account of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas with a 30 member company and strong operatic music.
The Penberg Block company gave sacred concerts at the Opera House yesterday with an audience-pleasing performance. The versatile company showed talent from all members and will remain for the rest of the week, while the Academy of Music offers three nights of programs with matinees starting tonight.
The intrepid animal queen Adgie leads this week’s Casto theatre program with her astonishing exhibition in a den of forest bred lions. The act is described as unmatched and unforgettable, backed by comedy acts for an excellent bill. Green trading stamps are offered free with orchestra tickets.
The Thompson Hardware Co announces a chafing dish sale with substantial markdowns, offering savings presented as about one third off. Readiness and stock levels are emphasized to attract bargain seekers.
Ellingwood & Co offers a full money back guarantee on Mi-o-na. They state the remedy increases weight aids digestion and restores health. A mailed order for 50 cents includes a regular size box with refund terms if no satisfaction. The ad urges thin or undernourished readers to try Mi-o-na, asserting risk is minimal.
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