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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1900
Page
2
A vast throng visits the little Swedish town as the Messiah is sung by 380 voices. Excursion trains bring crowds from Kansas as Lindsborg grows into a music Mecca with a rising college church and expanding facilities hosting annual Easter season concerts.
The Messiah concert in Lindsborg drew large crowds from across Kansas and neighboring towns. Swedish settlers funded a grand orchestra of 40 players and a large pipe organ, with 80 chorus voices. special trains carried attendees from Salina McPherson Wichita Fort Scott and beyond, marking a famed annual festival that began in 136 and boosted local pride around Bethany College led by President Svensson.
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