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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
11
Caroline receives a doll from Aunt Patsy after a long journey in a trunk. The doll is named Gretchen von Doll by Patsy, inspired by a store clerk’s remark, with Caroline quickly bonding with the new treasure placed in her dollhouse.
Caroline recalls Gretchen with pink cheeks blue eyes and flaxen hair in a blue dress and white bonnet as she contemplates her role in the doll house and whether Gretchen should be mother Marie’s daughter or head of the play house. She hears voices from the doll house corner and peeks in to find Marie and a tense scene unfolding.
An unnamed woman Marie confronts Gretchen von Boll in a living room asking what she is doing in a room. Gretchen remains unmoved as Marie threatens to summon help to remove her. The scene ends with Marie leaving to the kitchen, promising to reveal what happened tomorrow.
Readers urged to clip song book certificates and present them promptly as distribution ends when current supply runs out. Two binding styles offered heavy English cloth or durable paper, with a cloth volume featuring portraits of famed vocal artists. Six certificates required plus small expense. parcel post available.
This report summarizes a noisy magazine piece exploring early crime detection advances. It cites Selene as a famed detective and notes experiments distinguishing animal and human blood, including Reichert and Brown’s work on crystallization. It recounts cases of murder, disguised crimes, and forensic tests leading to confessions.
An advertisement promises a rupture cure sent on trial with an illustrated book detailing the appliance, prices, and cured patients. It claims instant relief, no salves or harnesses, and urges readers to mail a free coupon to receive the book and patient letters as proof.
A Bethlehem reader James A Britton commends C B Brooks for a rupture appliance praised as fast fitting and body conforming. The letter extols comfort, concealment, no irritation, and durability, urging others to try the device and vouching for fair dealing and reputability.
A Confederate veteran writes from Commerce Georgia praising an appliance that restored his health and strength. He claims to be sound again after years of illness and heavy work, attributing his recovery to the device and noting his age of about eighty. He thanks the sender for the aid.
Mr C E Brooks writes that an appliance cured the late boy and mother. He says they used it about a year, it cured two months after starting, and he plans to recommend it to friends. Address given: WM Paprterson, 717 S Main St Akron Ohio.
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