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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
14
Manager Crawford announces several of the latest successes in theater including new shows, cast changes, and upcoming previews. The report highlights confirmed titles, production updates, and scheduling to watch for in the season ahead.
Topeka salutes a bustling theater season with Crawford's booking drive featuring Robert Edeson, Grace George, Isabelle Irving, Louis James, and other Broadway heavyweights. The August 16 opening at Crawford theater signals a wave of openings through September with a mix of melodrama, farce, and musical comedy, including the return of Floeodorn and a strong musical lineup promising top-tier performances and lavish stagecraft.
A long, fragmentary report covers performers and shows in Chicago, detailing yesteryear stars, new bookings, and stage hands anecdotes. It mentions Isabelle Irving, Lew Tabatader, Edna Willets, and stage business around D'Orsay props, plus notes on Miss Mazie Follett and other vaudeville figures.
The coming season will feature numerous stars and productions: The Sultan of Sulu, King Dodo, Resurrection, Arigone, Roselle Knott in Katinka, Roselle Knott as Julie Marlowe, Eben Holden and Way Down East, David Harum, The White Slave, Sandy Bottom, The Vinegar Buyer, The Peddlers Claim, The Sliver Slipper, With Ghosts and Hypnotists among the acts, plus Minstrels and major playwrights.
The San Francisco Call reports Stephen Elkins Jr plans to wed Edna Wallace Hopper after five days together in San Francisco. Elkins is said to reside partly at a local restaurant and in a country residence, with talks of parental consent and a forthcoming betrothal. The piece also notes theater chatter and other social anecdotes from New York and London.
A testimonial extols Dr Miles Heart Cure for relieving weak heart symptoms including palpitations and fatigue. The writer credits improved sleep, strength, and overall health after six bottles, noting prior life impact and now renewed well being.
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