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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1901
Page
3
A long advertisement advocates a universal health remedy promising strength and longevity. It claims a famous physician offers free guidance and suggests modern American life harms but hints at a positive cure for nervous system ailments becoming accessible to the public.
The text discusses a celery compound advertised as a universal cure for various ailments including neuralgia and rheumatism. It mentions Dr. FG Crowell, a Kansas regent, and a graduate from Columbia, highlighting a physician’s endorsement of celery remedy within a broader debate on wages and modern working conditions.
The critic reviews Lover's Lane and a Fitch stage work as strong but notes Grand Theatre in Topeka will not reopen. The piece suggests the season relies on well known writers and touring companies, with audience appetite for quality shows and a possible market for a first class venue becoming a boarding house if neglect continues.
St Louis Porse Stringsunloosened for David Harum at the Olympic Theater set a record week. William E. Crane drew the largest crowds and highest prices, with box office revenue over 700 dollars for the week and total nightly receipts never dropping below 2200 during the World’s Fair era.
Joly, bowlegged Arthur Dunn, lead comedian of the Runaway Girl, will star in a Waghelage farce comedy written for him next year. Dunn has surpassed expectations, with a lucrative contract and a star cast planned to ensure success. Miss Ciarabell Derame may join the company.
In San Francisco, the unbleached American Ernest Hogan rehearses his act at The Orpheum. He struggles with a misplayed song and confusion over the correct key while his feet fail to sync with the music. Hogan jokes about dancing in F and the audience reaction to the performance.
The piece notes Mr Wilson in a dressing room puzzled by Doane on the hour asking what is musical comedy. He questions the very idea of defining the form, reflecting a humorous, uncertain moment about the genre. The excerpt presents a playful exchange on artistic classification.
A fragmentary salon-style dialogue on musical comedy and its meaning. comments from Anna and Basile Poy contrast truth and art while references surface to Joe Jefferson Rip Van Winkle and aging stars Magee Mitchell Lotty and Raymond. The exchange hints at value and spectacle in theater with a witty lobby anecdote about tickets and profits.
The Colorado Springs critic notes Jane Oaker, once with Kathryn Kidder, has become James K. Hackett’s leading woman. Oaker, debuting in a strong role, drew attention for her ambition and vow to art. Her prior affair with Hale Hamilton sparked press chatter amid early fame.
Clyde Fitch, earning an estimated 190000 last year, is expected to double royalties this season with fifteen productions in the United States and England. William Gillette may net about 325000 annually from Granite writings, plus a 1000 weekly salary and profits from the Frohman partnership in Gillette tours. Harry J. Smith remains a prominent stage figure.
A pharmacian named Continulus explains that he arranged with a Vermont concern to secure the sole agency for a remedy called the Renovator. He claims it uses Green Mountain roots and herbs and guarantees cures for blood and nerve diseases, presenting it as a wonderful boon for the weak and sick.
The article contrasts modern playwrights earnings with presidential salaries. Shakespeare earned only moderate comfort, Boucicault left a meager estate, and Lope de Vega wrote vast works yet was underpaid. Hartley Campbell’s notes yielded little, Hoyt became lucrative, and $20,000 in royalties has gone to Hoyt’s estate. The public paid over a million dollars to Hoyt’s eighteen comedies.
Miss de Wolfe's New York home on Irving Place showcases a vast array of shoes from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. The collection includes Venetian noble boots, Vatican ecclesiastical slippers, Egyptian royal sandals, and Catherine de Medici’s shoe, each preserved under glass or hung on walls, chronicling global cultures and historic figures.
The London theatre scene reports strong anticipation for New York openings with thirty five houses, nineteen percent showing major productions. Gertrude Coghlan and David Belasco are linked to upcoming shows while railings for summer tours and new acts signal a crowded season with several revivals and debuts.
New York theater gossip and casting updates span vaudeville and London imports. Ethel Barr bills road shows, misic Hall starlets like Grace George and Nettie S report new roles. several collaborations between Hyde and Fields and firms like Weber & Fields are discussed alongside openings like The Folly in Brooklyn. News covers marriages, revised plays, and upcoming U.S. premieres with highlights on notable performers and venues.
From Geo C Geick Owens MID Mo a man writes his wife suffered, the first trial of Pyramid Pile Cure cured completely. For sale by all druggists. Free little book Piles Cause and Cure cradledt free Pyramid Marshall Mich Coy
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