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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1903
Page
14
Crowded week at the Crawford Theater features Tiger Liliex Extravaganza on Tuesday and a theatrical festival with Blanch Walsh Tim Murphy and Hzra Kendall. The Distinctively American play emphasizes character and local nature, presenting Ari-Soha to showcase citizen life.
Local theater notes describe upcoming attractions at the New Crawford including "Dora Thorne" and "Sandy Bottom" with a Arkansas-tinged cast, along with vaudeville numbers from the Tiger Liles company and the Lyman Twins. The season features lighting, scenery, and costumes praised, with plans for a six-night Dizguet style festival beginning mid October headlined by Blanche Walsh in Resurrection and other star acts in Missouri and New York connections.
A man claims Nervine cured his wife’s heart disease and palpitations after years of illness. He praises Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine and New Heart Cure, saying it saved her and improved his own nervous dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
Patti Rosa returns with a noted rural play run featuring The Vinegar Buyer and Eben Holden drawing praise for their enduring appeal. The Earl of Pawtuc at is Sera Kendall headlines, with Asis expected to attract larger audiences than before as good things take time to spread.
Charles Frohman plans a late night French theater in Forty fourth Street to serve students and French performers from Paris. The venue will be renamed the Vaudeville with one act plays and operas in French and special matinees at 4 oclock for students. Mme Charlotte Withe leads the company with Parisian stars. If successful, a London opening may follow and a broader American influence on theater.
In Quebec a new theatre called the Auditorium opens with Bandmann Opera company from England. It presents popular shows such as The Country Girl The Gelgha The Belle of New York The Runaway Girl A Chinese Honeymoon Florodora San Tos and The Toreador. No royalties paid provokes ire from New York managers while artists head toward Vancouver.
New York plans a Russian symphony ensemble to join the Philharmonic Society. Sixty Ervesian musicians reportedly work together for a season of six concerts devoted to Russian composers. Walter Tamroseb reportedly leads the project with support from prominent locals.
The fragment suggests a negotiated payment or program arrangement involving Mr Weingartner and a project in the United States. It mentions a promised price and a guaranteed or credited amount, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear entities or outcomes.
Lilian Trussell faces a heap of trouble as dramatic men doubt her. Lew Fields urges a doctor, she calls herself a Christian Scientist. The friend presses for medical help, and she ultimately concedes the doctor’s medicine helped.
A column recaps humorous anecdotes about stage life and authorship. Mansfield critiques an ambitious writer's manuscript amid playful banter. Sir Thomas Impton and Shamrock ships are referenced in a telegram exchange, while Clyde Fitch and George Ade anecdotes reveal backstage culture.
A crowded chronicle of stage gossip and casting across London and New York. Mentions John Turner and Grace Filpe in Marix’s ship tale, Ernest Lacy’s Are You My Father, Mrs James Brown Potter’s American tour, and potential roles for Sir Wil, May Irwin, Anna Held, and Maud Courtney. Reports on productions, company expansion, and star movements across vaudeville, opera, and theatre in London and New York.
The piece argues a prosperous father may allow a 10 year old to sell papers in downtown, while noting studies by Poole, Marot, and authorities in Liverpool and London on street trading. It condemns precocity and moral risk, praising regulation that restricts boys under ten from selling papers in an era of reform.
The fragment discusses cause and reaction of a substance linked to air exposure, skin irritation, and odors. It mentions percus sion cups and rusty materials, air exclusion, and a volatile irritant producing a malodorous effect. Aimed at medical or chemical context with antiseptic Paine Balm noted as a treatment available from druggists.
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