The Doll and the Soldier Part I Tale
A window doll Blue-Eyes with golden hair and pink lace meets a toy soldier with a white uniform and gold epaulets. He adores her eyes and she fixates on his fur hat, debating marriage and his thrift as they talk through a changing mood and foreshadow a continuation. Copyright 1914. Tomorrow’s installment teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jace
Salley
Selier
Ion
Tueyes
Hine-Eyes
Tam
Blue-Eyes After This.” Blue-Eyes
Blue
Blue-Eyes
Sam
Diluesses
April
Wile-Eyes
Bine
Blue Eyes
McClure
Hair Tinting Ad Promises Shades and Quick Results
An old advertisement touts hair tinting products with options for two shades named Brownatone and a golden to dark brown range. It urges customers to insist on the specific brand and mentions Kenton Pharmaceutical Co. as the maker with distribution through Henderson Drug Co. and Wangler Bros. in Waterloo and Covington, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton Pharmacal Co
Pike St. Covington
Waterloo
Henderson Drug Co
Wangler Bros
Othr
Another Waterloo Boy at Vera Cruz
Fred W. Knipp a U S bluejacket on the Arkansas unit writes to his mother from Vera Cruz in April 1914. He describes limited firing, street fighting, and casualties among Mexican forces while recounting patrols and hospital scenes, mentioning Arkansas soldiers and daily watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Knipp
John Knipp
Franklin Street
U. S
Arkansas
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Manor
Houeh
W. Knippo
Mrs Frank T Trartman Sets Long European Trip
Mrs. Frank T Trartman will spend over nine months abroad touring the British Isles and Europe, returning to Waterlon on March 1, 1916. She and her companion will visit Vienna for six weeks of study and London for the Surgeons of North America congress July 27 to August 1. The couple will travel with plans tied to the Waterloos Evening Courier advertising divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Trartman Waterton
Waterlon
British Isles
Europe
Vienna
Austria
London
Surgical Congress of the Surgeons of North America
Rural Declamatory Contest Draws Fourteen Township Winners
Fourteen township representatives from Black Shank county will compete in the Waterloo Chautauqua rural declamatory contest on June 30 at the Chautauqua park colliseum. Winners receive 10, 7.5, and 5 dollars for first through third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Shank County
Waterloo
Bennington
Roy Friedly
Barclay
Avis Lewick
Ble Creek
Spring Creek
Dorothea Lange
Cedar Falle
Grace McCullough
Cedar and
Eagle
Floyd Hemmer
Black Hawk
Helen Glazier
Fox
Jessie Nickerson
Lester
Lois Fressle
Lincoln
Viola Larsen
Orange
Ruth Lichty
Poyner
Agnes Nugent
Mr. Vernon
Glenn Moore
Union
Washington
Laurel Hall
East Waterloo
Martin Widdell
Elizabeth Sage
Paul Keefe
Big Creek
Eva Harmon
Cedar Falls
Anna Madsen
Cedar
Fern Meythaler
Hattie Hogan
Fila Cow
Chautauqua
All Girl Show at the Majestic Delights Crowded Audiences
At the Majestic yesterday the All Girl Show featuring the Colonial Minstrels drew two crowded houses for the week. Eighteen performers staged a three part program with colonial costumes, storytelling, juggling and hoop rolling acts, and a closing novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Selsor
Spectacular Cabaret Show Delights With Dance
A lively cabaret offers spirited singing and dancing with beautiful costumes and a scenic act. Three young ladies close the show with an artistic speedy dance turn. The attraction should fill the theater at all performances.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter R. French
Commercial Basic
Commercial Street
Courier
W. H. Hartman Company
Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter
Park Avenue
Advan
F.M Hott Shoe Co., Makers
Manchester, N. HL
Stolt Bros
Union Maqe
Sunkist
California
N. Clark
Chicago
Sen Er
Beach's
Peosta
Boston Brokerage Co
Sycamore Street
Frank C. Krueger
Iowa
Waterloo Savings Bank
West Side
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