Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Monday, July 5, 1920 Page: 4 of 6
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TUB 'NATION1 AlT HOLIDAY
The Jtrcckcnrldge uostofflcc patriot
ie In nil things as per orders from
hcadiiuarti'rs. observes the FotirtH of.
July In full degree. Which means
thiit no mull mutter is handled in any
form today.
Postmaster McAIanu gives Inforniii
lion that with the entering of the
second clnss the Ilrcckenridgo olltce
Ih restricted In several particulars one.
of which Is that employes tuny not get
fn overtime on. n national holiday. To
wdrk today the force J would have To
lijy off Homo other day-nnd the work-
ers would 'Just n little rather limb
their holiday today while the big
.tiling are going on and nobody In-
I teres ted tniicli In business affairs any-
way. .
With tlm holiday following Sunday
It Is to he expected that there will foe
Home congestion In the olllco tomor-
row. ctcuuliiK up. hut In due time the
distribution will he completed and
things will again rock along tolerably
smoothly.
MIU KALUMW.IHKN ... .
The bJg'ballown tlwt waatcfo to go
up Saturday afternoon caught fire and
wan completely destroyed. The bag
hail lieen rnlscd In the air early In
the afternoon and the Inllatlon wflrt
nearly complete when gasoline a a
high pressure shot against the wrilla
and began to hum rapidly 'Hie bag
was new and had never lieen tilled lo-
fore. It wa an entire lo- an no in-
surance wiih Carried. Moth Hoy Ar-
nold tlnv trajH-ze artNt and owner
Clark e;e sorely dlMippolnted not
over the Ionian much a In notjjlvlni
tint iKM"ple the nhow that had been
promkH'd '
Avthe bag Is made to order and
as it takes quite a while to get ode
made .there will be no balloon ascen
sion during the week. Mr. Clark 1
negotiating with Flyer Alwell b! drop
Arnold out of his plane. Ah this takes
wonie neees-mry contrivances for the
releasing of the p.iraehute from the
running geilr of the plane that are tint
easily arranged It Is ttotihtftd whether
this spectacular stunt will be pulled
olT.
aects and plints and conies from Ia'1-
dla. The lac InseetJi aeo about 1.
an Inch lonjr. a bright red In eolot; i
They suck the Juices at plants. rtlRe
them and exude them in the form m
resin which soon encases the Wiobj
Insect. When the young Insect haft X
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from the branches grouud. washed
Bilred with colophony anil orplmenfc
woked slowly and drawn out Into UMl
thin sheets we know as shellac.
"YANKfiK IHH)ILK SN BBKI.IN"
";ankw DiMidle In JJerlln." pro-
cliilmeil by all as Mack Bennetts
greatest production. Is the star attrac
tion ttt the Kuby theatre today. This
picture ha shad phenomenal runs m
every large city in America. The pic-
ture comes to the Huhy at a price that
Is almost prohibitive to the manage-
ment but in line with their policy to
show the liest always and as quickly
as legible after release date they se
cured the' picture fop one day only. In
conjunction with the show they vlll
also present Muck Bennett's Original
liathlng Jlenutles.
Or Belong to a Union.
Even women who do not work for a
living have a natural earning to
mnke'a striking appearance. Cartoons
Magazine. s
CharJe Darwin's Boyhood. t
Doctor flutter the headmaster at
Shrewsbury school hnd often io cal!
Charles Dnrwlu (the most famolil
naturalist of tlm nineteenth century)
U) task for InattHitln.i and lazlneni
during his studies. The only tlilni
that seemed to iutercsi hint was tlU
collecting of cnterplllhrs worms and
all sorts or creeping things and tin
rtshlng of his imn nnit his brother'!
life by dangerous cliemlcnl experiments.
Tha
Nutmeg One a Parfume.
Tn olden times the ladles In
land used nutmegs as n perfume.
nutmegs were sot In sliver und orns
jnented with peirl and preclonn Rtones
and hung from a ladyis belt llkr a mod-
ern scenMiotile.
AI)1LTANT ELLINGTON KIEIJ)
VISITS HIS FAMILY IIKKB
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Lieutenant William A. Aven. ac-
companied by Lieut. Samuel 1 Mills
i-iiine over Haturila.v via air to rlslt
the fonner'K parents heie. Lieuten-
ant Avei is adjutant of Ellington
Fleldr niid tlie two men came the 421
miles In -MO minutes Hying time. They
came In n huge l)e Ilnvnlln plane hnv-
inc a 4W) horsepower Liberty motor.
They left early this morning.
"Tampu Fufllt"
. Tho teacher gave M-irgnret some
yarn nnd cnnlboard nnd aftijr showing
her how to work it design told her to
finish It at home. When she camn to
school the next day with the hnlf-fln-Ished
worji. ytf-jWh;r ik.d Jierxvh
she had' not finished It ; if she had run
out of yarn. "Oh. no." answered Mar-
garet; "I Jnstrun'il out of time."
WK HAVE JUST OPENED A FIRST-CLASS
GROCERY
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT STORE
IN THE HOTEL MAY BUILDINC 13!) EAST WALKER STREET
WE WILL AT ALL TIMES ILWE THE REST OF EVERYTHING IN
OUR LINE THAT THE MARKET AFFORDS AND AT TRICES
1IIAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE Ol'ALITY O FGOODS AND
SERVICE RENDERED.
Quick Service
Grocery
JOHNSON & EURANKS. Proprietors.
- JirVrKL MAY BUILDING J K9 ti!WAtia&'Vhatitifr
F R E K DELIVERY
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Baxter, Tom L. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Monday, July 5, 1920, newspaper, July 5, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth121877/m1/4/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.