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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1899
Page
5
Local advertisement from The Star listing special low prices on meats and pantry staples. Offers include sugar cured hams, California hams, evaporated strawberries, dried fruits, canned tomatoes, mackerel, table syrups, crackers, salt, and more. Mentions mail order shippings and guaranteed flour from Kansas mills.
Eugene F. Ware of Topeka purchase involves the Monitor building at the corner of South Avenue and Second Street in Fort Scott. The Graham Paper Company of St Louis has cut the old structure, with negotiations concluded yesterday. the brick three story building with basement may become a prominent future site under Ware’s plans.
Senator Davideon reports two bills prepared by him were stolen from his desk. A third bill, meant for introduction Friday, vanished after a fire alarm delay. The loss occurred before the session and included a local matter tied to the bills. American Steam Laundry advertised services on West Seventh Street.
The Atlantean club held its regular monthly meeting in the Physical Culture parlors with papers on Home Life in Austria and discussions on churches and monuments. A new Whist Club forms for alternating Fridays, with members listed, while an informal card party honored Senator and Mrs C F Johnson. Various members and guests, including Mrs Julia Campbell and Mrs Margaret Griffith, are noted with travels, visits, and upcoming memorial services at the First Methodist church.
An era piece recalls Lieutenant Rees who stood beside Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay. The article portrays him modestly as a regular sailor who served twenty four of thirty years and later traveled from Topeka to Erie to Washington for orders. Local witnesses describe his calm, steady demeanor amid icy sidewalks and honor his long naval career.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote a new comedy romance in three acts entitles Joe Hurst Gentleman produced last night at the Columbia theater by Digby Felt. Digby Bell played a sympathetic elderly father whose daughter, sent abroad for education, returns with new ideas and mistakes him for the butler causing the main complications. Bell received two curtain calls and much applause for his part.
In New York discussions on underwriting the United States Varnish Company are said to be advanced Healy in charge of negotiations with Belmont & Co expected to finance. Proposed capitalization reaches 26 million dollars with 13 million in preferred and 13 million in common stock. About 15 leading varnish firms hold roughly 15 million in real assets and may help form the consolidated company this week.
New York report describes prosecutor’s pursuit of Molineux in the Barnet case and the Mrs Adams murder. Coroner’s inquest touched on poisoning claims and possible links to Farret. Molineux’s wife remains central. court actions and habeas corpus motions loom as the case develops.
A Topeka page jumble reports cold tonight with river ice unused, local elections for justice of the peace and city court, and the school board. It notes 102 students enrolled at Kansas Medical College, a lost dog found miles from home, and bowling matches among Sunflowers and Dewey teams. Also mentioned are railroad timetable changes, property purchases, Romeo and Juliet rehearsals, a fire at the courthouse, and commencement exercises at the state university.
The Kansas Grand Lodge A F and A M convened in Pittsburg on Feb 28 with over one city attending. A reception for visitors filled the Commercial civic rooms and in the evening meals were held by A M for the Masonic orders. Business of the proceedings resumes next morning at nine o clock.
Typhoid cases in the Seventh Army Corps rise to 61 for the month, with 18 in the First Division and 12 in the Second South Carolina regiment. Five deaths recorded. Malaria remains limited. Underground sewers and pipe work under way, transport movements and hospital ship transfers noted. Cuba corps movements and assembly proceedings also described.
New York dispatch reports orders to hasten hospital ship Relief to Manila. The vessel, under Major A P Bradley, will depart Thursday afternoon carrying 150 hospital corps and seven women, with medical staff Doctors Edmundson Pose Anderson Gilchast Cullen and Bishop. Cargo includes medical supplies for 26,000 men for a year and several officers and an West Point graduate aboard.
In San Francisco on February 28 3 the advance sale of season tickets for the Elis Opera company grand season began with Mme. Melba as lead. Demand was intense with a queue stretching nearly a block and lasting into the evening. The Grand Opera House has been rebuilt inside for the performances and promises a successful season.
Caution to buyers not to purchase Easter gowns before inspecting Mills Adams Co stock advertised in this spring notice. The brief item urges shoppers to verify available styles and prices before buying.
Realize the Easter weeks approach and spend time on dress material. Examine our Dress Goods Department thoroughly to find both novelties and staple fabrics. Last season leftovers are not advertised here and are excluded from our bargain offerings.
The Colored Dress Goods consist of heviots shrunk and sponged Herring Bone Camel's Mail English Whip Cards Parquin Serges Brovaded Novelties by the yard and Tailored Suiting Cloths in suit lengths.
The trimming stock received yesterday includes chenille bow knots garnitures and braid by the yard in new designs with desirable quality for dress making.
The Lace Department received yesterday a splendid line of All-owyers for yokes and fronts in the latest creations. View them now at the store and inquire for prices and availability.
Fashion notes declare black toilets should be worn at the front and a handsome black skirt is a wardrobe essential while crepons grow in popularity. Our store offers an excellent crepon line with varied weaves and styles, priced from $1.00 to $3.50.
Crepons presents a selection of dress patterns noted for their choice quality and exclusive designs. The display emphasizes stripe and acorn effects, appealing to discerning shoppers seeking distinctive fabric motifs.
Cheviots offer exceptionally fine camel's hair Cheviots all wool suited for tailor made suits or separate skirts. Priced from 50c to 1.50.
A compilation of brief notices from a Nebraska town. Sherburn spends a few days away. local shops advertise dress goods 50c yard. various social and church events planned including meetings of the Needle Ten group, the Kansas Avenue M. F. church, and the Young Ladies Missionary society. Community reactions and travel notes plus a Shakespeare anecdote appear in the column.
Real estate transfers show numerous entries with names such as Joyce Ere G Jackson Fults Sain and husband Carte or Lot 422 in Quincy and Lincoln street areas. Debentures include sums like 1207 and 650, with mentions of additions and subdivisions and a tax deed to J A Treve.
Boston mourns Sare Jowett a once famed actress linked to the Union Square Theater NY. She died in Cambridge after a career spanning leading roles in United States theater. A separate Cross Estate case saw McHardy awarded 5570.04 in a county court verdict after a dispute over cattle and guinea trade.
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