The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1926 Page: 5 of 5
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Cushman
the Painter and Decorator
Headquarters
W. C. BOWMAN LUMBER CO.
Phone 57
YOUNG COUNTY LUMBER CO.
Phone 61
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Your hens through the molt and get the
egg production early. Purina Chicken
Chowder will do the trick.
Purina Fat Chow will fatten those chick-
ens in a hurry either for the table or for
market.
OLDSMOBILE AUTOMOBILES
Telephone 123
Archer Grain Co
Squtar• Receptacle for
Goldfish Altoayt Best
According to ■ bureau of fisheries
bulletin, because of Its narrow neck,
the so-called fish globe Is not adapted
to keeping goldfish In a comfortable
and healthy state, Its small amount of
water surface not permitting the proc-
ess of absorption of air on a scale
sufficient for the well-being of the
fish. Another objectionable feature of
the globe lies In Its reflection and re-
fraction of light rays, which tends
to make the fiah nervous and uneasy.
An aquarium with straight sides Is
the most suitable for goldfish.
It should be of rectangular shape
and of equal width at the top and
bottom. The rectangular battery jar,
which may be purchased In the B-
gallon else, will give good results.
The depth of water should be about
the same as the width of the aquari-
um, and the bottom should be cov-
ered with clean sand and gravel to
the depth of one and one-lialf Inches.
Ordinary washed sand and pebbles are
beat for this purpose, as the more de-
sirable aquarial plants draw most of
their nourishment from the water and
require merely an anchorage. In order
to Insure an abundant air supply,
plants of high oxygenating powers
should be selected for the aquarium.
Cleanliness, good light, plants well
distributed over the bottom, proper
food In moderate quantity, prompt re-
moval of sick fish, and avoidance of
overstocking are the essential factors
for the maintenance of a successful
aquarium. „
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Think of Herron’s
Phone 58
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HERRON & CO.
South Side of Square
C.D.SHAMBURGER
LUMBER
Sold on Install
Phone 176
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ARCHER CITY. if TEXAS
OIL FIELD LUMBER AND TIMBERS
Famoue Bank’s Nickname
The origin of “The Old Lady of
Threadneedle street,” the nickname of
the Bank of England, never has been
definitely established, according to the
Kansas City Star, but the London
Economist traces the appellation back
as far as May 22, 1797, when William
Pitt induced parliament to suspend
cash payments at the bank. This
moved Gilray to draw his famous car-
toon, which shows an old lady, seated
on a chest labeled “Bank of England,"
being savagely attacked by Pitt.
But, It Is argued, Gilray may have
made use of an old idea. As early as
1695, a medallion appeared, and still
appears, on the bank’s notes. It con-
sists f a seated, draped figure, with
the head uncovered, holding a sprig In
one hand and a spear in the other, and
throughout more than two hundred
years it has remained substantially
the same.
Old Language Revived
Creditable and hopeful though It
may be for a revival of Hebrew cul-
ture, the establishment of a Hebrew
university In Jerusalem does not be-
gin to compare In Importance with the
fact that little children are again.
raiJciiiKv «'•** «* gn.-,
Ing each other names in that lan-
guage of the prophets, which had once
been classed as one of the world’s
dead tongues. Zangwill said that the
Index of life Is speech. This Is true.
A people that speaks Is not dead. And
in order that world Jewry might share
In this renaissance, which Sophie
Irene Loeli called “the greatest experi-
ment of the century,” there must be
somewhere in this world a place where
the Jew will have at least cultural
predominance. And that place Is Pal-
estine.—I’lerre Van Paassen, In the
Atlanta Constitution.
Many London Bridges
London bridge has never actually
fallen down. Old London bridge, be-
gun in 1170, was completed In 1209. It
carried a row of timber houses, which
were frequently burned down, but the
main structure existed until the be-
ginning of the Nineteenth century.
The old bridge was the center for
booksellers and other tradesmen. On
It stood the chapel of St. Thomas of
Canterbury, and a tower on which the
heads of traitors were exposed to view.
The present London bridge was be-
gun In 1824 and completed In 1891. It
is borne on five granite arches, Is 928
feet high, 65 feet wide and 56 feet
above the river.
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Old Traditions Kept
Many of the old traditional English
expenditures are still to be seen on the
London city accounts for the year.
The lord mayor draws his salary “In
lieu of all ancient fees and emolu-
ments." He has at the same time a
"furniture allowance for the Mansion
house," and a “robe allowance.”
The official city swordbearer, the
city trumpeter, the ancient ale Con-
ners and the vergers of St. Paul’s
cathedral are still on the list of sal-
aried officials. g
Another Item of expense Is labeled
“open spaces,” which being translated
means the cost of parks and commons.
Another entry says "For cloth de-
livered, according to ancient custom,
to ministers of state and others,” while
there are expensive entries under the
entertainment of foreign royalty “for
the cost of writing and Illuminating
the (presentation) scrolL”
Romans Found London
City of Importance
London la of great antiquity find
unknown beginnings. It is mentioned
very early in the history of northweet-
ern Enropo. it is noticed la Tacitus,
and later the Romans under Claudius
took It and gave It a "Roman adminis-
tration. That occurred something like
a century after the Invasion of Oeeeef.
The old Britons were a bold and va>
Uke race, and, led by Queen Boedleea,
they recaptured the city and burned it
Soon thereafter it waa rebuilt, re-
maining unfortified, It Is believed antfi
die reign of Constantine, by wheat
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W. T. MAYES DRUG CO.
“Goteverything”
Something you
should do
this morning
When you go out this morning to rub up the nickle, or wash the old
bus, just pause for a minute before you back out of the garage.
Look at those tires! I don’t care if the car is new. Look at them any-
way.
Remember the other night when you stood right up on the brake to
keep from running by the stop light?
—when you jammed into the curb while turning around last 'week?
—you were going to see that the air pressure was just right yesterday?
—the broken glass you ran through?
—the valve cap you lost?
—you wondered if your wheels running “wobbly,” too, when you saw
that old can staggering up the road ahead of you?
Now, listen! It’s Sunday and you are all set to take the folks for a
ride. Go ahead, if you simply must, but we’re open—right over on the
Northwest corner of the square—and it’ll only take a few minutes for or-
dinary inflation and inspection. AVe’ll do all the work and you can’t pay
us a dime for that attention.
If you can’t possibly do it now, do it sometime this week! If you have
gouged the tread, or bruised it, of cut it—or if your brakes are grabbing or
dragging, or a valve is slow-leaking—
Why keep on wasting money?
Our job is this: to save you money on tires.
We begin when we offer you Fisk Tires. All genuine firsts, and brand
new—fresh from the factory.
We price them honestly. And sell them to you, your neighbor, and
everybody else at exactly the same price.....No fooling or kidding about
special discounts, or anything of the sort. ,,
Yet Fisks, and Premiers cost no more than the “unknowns.
George’s Sn
‘Courteous Service”
D. F. Daub, prop.
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Martin, Charles. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1926, newspaper, August 20, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth746029/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.