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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1900
Page
5
The Star Gro Grocery invites customers to exchange Premium Stamps for cash or trade tomorrow. The store offers blue or green stamps with goods including Wolff's sugar cured hams salt bacon and various canned fruits vegetables coffee and cereals.
The Grand Lodge A F and A M along with Grand Chapter and Grand Council plan sessions in Topeka next week. Meetings include special assemblies at Masonic Temple and Milnonkehol, with conferrals of Royal and other degrees for invited and elected members.
The Southeastern Limited departs Kansas City daily at 6:99 p m and reaches Memphis by 5:00 am with through sleeping cars to Birmingham and Jacksonville. Limited stops only at key stations Glathe Paola Pleasanton Fort Scott Lamar Springfield. Also advertises coal furnaces and semi anthracite Fronenac lump with quick wire time from Southwestern Fuel Co. Telephone 19%.
A jumble of notices singles out warrants for payment as interests accrue. Treasurer HN A DAILEY of the School District warns residents of outstanding warrants numbers 67 and others, with nearby rail and travel ads from Burlington Route promoting excursions and Pullman services. A separate line announces a candidate for the Fourth Ward in the Republican primaries, with SAHRY E VALENTINE seeking a seat on the board of education.
Mrs Fred Cofe hosts a Tuesday afternoon gathering with a lively group of guests including Miss Prescott and Miss Winnifred Prescott. The Informal Club plans five dances starting February 23 as membership closes to cap hall capacity. Plus reports on the Lincoln School benefit for the picture fund, a surprise birthday for Rev G J Jadscr, and a long list of local social and personal notices across Topeka.
In the Mastery Department a clearance sale offers infants' hose, ladies' and gents' hosiery, underwear, corsets, shirts and gloves at deep discounts. Styles include casimere mittens, Jersey gloves, and wool or cotton options. Dress goods remnants, table linens, and premium offers with six months old prices, running Thursday to Saturday, with out-of-town terms and premium stamps through March 1, 1900.
A course dinner was served at six. Attendees included Miss Nellie Curtis, Miss Grace Curtis, Miss Pearl Snyder, Miss Louise McNeal, Miss Hazel Wolff, Miss Bertha Beil, Miss Florence Drummond, Miss Alles Noble, Miss Gennie Carnahan, Miss Lydia Drummond, Miss Lydia Malonny, and Bliss Grace Tomiineou of Wakarusa.
Mexican papers debate U S Nicaragua canal plans and Mormon schools. El Tiempo condemns liberal policy toward Mormons, while La Mundi notes economic gains from the canal but warns of imperialism. Herald predicts effects on Pacific ports and Mexican rail coal lines amid broader hemispheric shifts.
Alma Kruger, famous actress in The Heart of Maryland, claims no relation to Oom Paul Kruger the Transvaal leader. She jokes about the similarity of their names and notes the Boer president as a distant inspiration while her interest in establishing kinship remains playful.
A young woman in a Crawford theater setting voices strong support for President Kruger and his resistance to England. She praises his defiance of British forces, predicts British collapse, and expresses hope that Kruger’s side will prevail as she frames the conflict as a moral stand rather than personal enmity.
David Belasco's Heart of Maryland was presented for a second time in this city at Crawford Theater by nearly the same company. Alan Kendrick replaces Cal in the key role, while Tefft Johnson offered a before-striding Tom Boone. Miss Alina Kruger again shines as Maryland Calvert, though the overall company cohesion fell short of last season, producing a cooler audience and a less enthusiastic curtain call. Herbert Bostwick keeps Col Thorpe, with changes dampening the performance.
The review notes the scenery and settings are the same as last season and that the production will be confined to a limited run of one night stands next year. It underscores the main character as sufficiently contemptible and reflects on the overall stage presentation.
In Topeka on February 6 1900 petitions request Col T W Harrison accept candidacy for the state senate at Republican primaries in 1906. Harrison accepts noting prior decline two years ago and thanks supporters including Union veterans and laborers. He pledges best services to the Republican party and the people if elected.
At the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance company annual meeting ex-Governor Morrill was reelected a director. Directors then reelected J. P. Davin as President and R. J. Hierty as secretary. Lone Valley, Pennsylvania, supplies a range of coal and the Southwestern Fuel Co offers base-burner coal in various sizes, call Telephone 193.
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