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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
8
A collage of clipped humor and dialogues from 19th and early 20th century papers. It includes banter on marriage gossip, judge remarks, and public notices, with lines from Indianapolis Journal Chicago Record Boston Transcript Detroit Free Press and New York World. Sentences preserve quirky exchanges and social tones.
Mrs Wear of Topeka gains notice in the St Louis Republic as a hopeful vocalist candidate for professional study. Her wide vocal range spans two octaves from E below middle C to A above the staff. She is active in Topeka musical events and is married to Frank Wear of the coal industry, a leading businessman.
A Parsonburg reader recalls a three year long rheumatism attack that confined his wife to bed for a month and left her unable to walk without help. After using Chamberlain's Pain Balm as directed, she recovered the next morning and has not suffered another attack. The note ends with a mention that the product is sold by all druggists. The rest references a brief joke about honeymoons and a generic cough remedy advertisement.
Broadway gossip outlines Fanny Face rejecting 800 weekly for vaudeville, plans for Northern Pacific theater in Winnipeg, Liebler Co with Kay Augustus Cook under contract to Tigg, and Jamies ONeill in Monte Cristo. Paris expo-bound Burroughs, Marie Deronda Mayo debut, Japanese troupe Sapho at Bijou, and Herne theater project in Pittsburgh with Sag Harbor premiere this fall.
Topeka saw nearly 100 theatrical companies perform this season with Crawford presenting eight of them and the Grand Opera House hosting nine. The period yielded artistic and financial success with stars like Stuart Robson Francis Wilson and Tim Murphy noted among visitors. Various productions from Hotel Toney Turvy to A Lady of Quality and The Little Minister highlighted a robust lineup.
Lincoln J. Carter announces eight traveling combinations will close this season with a road tour to follow. He plans revivals and new productions including The Past Mail and The Eleventh Hour at Chicago’s Criterion theater, Down Mobile with a grand fire scene, and The Flaming Arrow portraying Custers last stand.
Dorothy Usner signs to enter vaudeville and will appear in a unique sketch. The Topeka audiences recall her from the first production of Why Smith Left, marking a notable career move for the versatile young performer.
Topeka patrons enjoyed a varied season with five farces and major grand opera visits by AIG Field and William H. West minstrels. Manager Crawford hints next season will surpass the closing one with big bookings and New York contacts. Blanch Walsh to quit May 18 after mumps disruptions. Usher slated for vaudeville impressions and poster design. Peoria-born artist to debut new acts and mock up future theater plans.
Alice Neilsen outlines a summer schedule starting with a May trip to New York for a miniature portrait, then travel to the Pacific coast. She will rest in San Francisco before moving to a northern California camp near Mount Shasta for study and car sports, with a four mile long valley site and a small, comfortable Kunzalow.
George H Graves of La Crosse Wisconsin writes that Paine's Celery Compound is the greatest spring medicine. He claims it cures nervous and broken down conditions and surpasses all claimed benefits, saying it will do all it is advertised to do.
The passage describes rainbow fish and duny Zamesters as sport and a semi masculine spectacle. Nellzen plans a mountain visit for voice strength and will host a music teacher as a guest. A London engagement is planned for spring, with a successful year financially.
The Crawford theater plans a brief summer lull with a stock company from Chicago led by Roy Brantora. They will perform Dangers of a Great City Blue Grass and The Hand of Fate, with Sapho to debut next week if permitted by city authorities. Anna Eva Fay the mind reader is billed for the week of May 11 at the Crawford theater.
American theatrical managers face a season with little new foreign material. Rostand's L Aiglon is the notable European play of the last six months, and even there Paris attendance shows a diminishing trend. Outside France, few works attract managers, with Palais Royal titles and English rivals among the possible imports.
A Cleveland Plaindealer note traces misfated fame as cigars bearing names rise and fall. Jessie Bartlett Davis retired after a box with her name. Hubert Blantell’s marketing wanes to small cities. Lillian Xiu becomes a burlesque actress in Boston after a self named cigar spark.
An old advertisement touts Electric Hitters as a universal remedy for disorders of the stomach liver kidneys bowels nerves and blood. Claims include toning the stomach regulating the bowels purifying the blood and building up the system with new life and vigor. Sold by druggists.
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