Navigation Buoys and Fog Signals Explained for Mariners
Harper's Weekly summarizes buoy colors shapes and meanings on US coasts detailing day marks night marks red and black channel signs white and black mid channel marks and turning point buoys. It covers mammoth buoys fog signals bell and whistling buoys plus construction and dangers to buoys from steamers.
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Lighthouse Board
United States
Maine
Florida
New England
Tarbors
Wassing
Harper’s Weekly
Play Clothes For Children In Dutch Style At Home
The article describes affordable Dutch style play clothes for children aged two to six, including frocks aprons and bonnets with designs inspired by Dutch dress. It notes domestically produced imitations cost less than imported items and outlines fabric choices and typical prices. It also comments on elephant intelligence as the most capable non-human thinker after humans.
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Saya Mary
Aot
Talk in Congress The Enormous Power It Wields
A Chicago Record Herald study traces Congress power to control of the purse and the Ways and Means Committee. It describes the House as an absolute democracy in session, with the speaker replaced by a chairman during committee, the mace used to enforce decorum, and free speech protected from outside accountability. The article cites historical debates and duels as precursors to such free debate and notes tradition endures today.
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House of Representatives
United States
Henry IV
Senate
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Graves-Cilley
John Randolph
Henry Clay
Congress
Chicago Record Herald
A Stoic's Consolation From Seneca On Virtue and Joy
The excerpt presents a Stoic view that all are mortal and subject to fate. Happiness stems from virtue and conscious acceptance of life’s limits, with the mind finding peace amid shared calamities. The text emphasizes endurance, self-control, and reverence for the inner conscience.
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Seneca
Notice to Creditors in Annie Panek Estate
Alexander Panek is named administrator for the Annie Panek estate in Chehalis County Washington. Creditors must file claims with Bridges Bruener Aberdeen attorneys within one year from July 25 1912 to avoid bar. First publication July 25 1912. last publication August 22 1912.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
Annie Panek
Joseph Panek
Messrs. Bridges & Bruener
Aberdeen
Washington
Camp 6481 Modern Woodmen Meeting Notice
Modern Woodmen of America Camp 6481 meets every second and fourth pre day evening at J C O F Hall on Market and F G streets. Visitors welcome. Clerk J J Robingon notes the gathering and invites neighbors to attend.
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CAMP
Modern Woodmen OF America
J. C. O& F. Hall
Quality Count in Your Office Does Quality Count in Your Office
An office supply ad touts QUALITY as the key in stock selection. Exclusive agents list Y. & E., Filing Systems, Carter's Typewriter Carbons and Ribbons, Leopold Desks, Colonial Office Chairs, L. C. Smith and Royal Typewriters. After years of making good these products are called SYNONYMS OF QUALITY. Next week will name more.
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Carter's
Leopold
Colonial Office
L. C. Smith
Royal
Free pocket book on next president promotion
Readers may obtain a free vest pocket book from D Swift & Co Washington DC by sending a 2 cent stamp. The pamphlet lists 1908 state results by candidate party, congressmen elected in 1908 and 1910, life events of presidents up to Taft, census populations, city sizes, a 1912 1913 calendar and 40 blank memo pages. It normally costs 25 cents at a bookstore.
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D. Swift & Co
Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
Taft
The Herald Follows You to the Beach If You Leave Address
A quirky notice warns readers that Herald staff will track readers to the beach if they drop their address at the office. It playfully highlights contact privacy and mailing practices.
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the Herald
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