Education notes and Boer War lecture at Opera House
The winter term at Weber Academy and College closes Friday March 25 with literary and musical exercises. New students arrive since January and next term starts April 5 with cooperative boarding. A major lecture on the Boer War by General Gideon Joubert and Captain W. S. O'Donnell is set for next Thursday at the Opera House with special school rates.
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Weber Academy and College
Mt Ae
Gideon Joubert
O'Donnell
Opera House
Man College
Africa
Joubert
W. 8. O'Donnell
Borty
Cen Joubert Coming A Rare Opportunity
Welser residents will hear General Joubert famed for leading the Boers in the late war. He is en route to Walls Walla where he has been engaged by Pres Fevrose of Whit to speak.
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Welser
Joubert
Walls Walla
Pres, Fevrose
Modern Education Through a Child’s Spelling Inquiry
An old-fashioned uncle quizzes a child named Ethel on kindergarten basics. He praises spelling but notes her use of a so called pathetic system. The exchange reveals tensions between traditional teaching and phonetic methods.
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Ethel
Matume
Uhele
Outlook Club Meeting in Weiser Urges School Bonds
The Outlook Club met in regular session on Wednesday March 16 with the largest attendance of the season. The educational committee presented a paper urging improvements in city public schools and vote on bonds. A librarian report showed 667 library visitors, nearly double last February. The next gathering is the fifth Wednesday of the month to review remaining historical papers.
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Weiser Outlook Club
Russian destroyer Skorroi blown up by mine at Port Arthur
Four crew saved as Skorroi struck an unplaced mine while entering Port Arthur harbor. Pekin reports no large land engagement expected for another month. Port Arthur garrison numbered about 2500 men.
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Port Arthur
Skorroi
Pekin
Saloon Slashing in Huntington Leaves Man Wounded
Albright, a swamper in Pete Johnson's saloon, slashed John Tebo with a pocket knife during a dance at Serape in Huntington Ed. Albright fled before being arrested on a murderously charged assault. Minister Horace N. Allen is noted as a physician as well.
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Huntington
Albright
Pete Johnson
John Tebo
Tebo
Allen
Horace N. Allen
United States
Korea
Unclear OCR fragment prompts unfamiliar names
Incomplete readable text shows scattered fragments and names not forming a clear event or story. No verifiable entities or context to identify a factual item for a newspaper card.
The Optimist and the Kicker in a Turbulent Verse
A sprawling poem contrasts the optimistic crowd with the relentless kicker driving progress and reform through history and politics. The piece rails at complacency while praising disruptors who push change from revolution to modernization.
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Alexander
Masonic
Weiser
Idaho
Bakar Olty
Mao
Academy
Weer College
Ladies Aid Society
Congregational Church
South Africa
N. Y. Preas
Cen
Outlook Club
Far East
Serape
Horace Newton Allen
Cutler
Asante
D. C
Weiser Mercantile Zo., Ltd
China
Lear
Greenland
Washington
Connell
Jessie Adamson
Roosevelt
Brown
Modie Addington
Smith Creek
Surrey Houston
Rapid River
Marion Crowell
Meadows
Cool
Ben Dillon
Dillon
Miss Link Wiy Council
H. F. Johnston
Dr. Lynch
Meadoq
Frank Johnson
Mathias
Hathaway
Grouse Creek
Harper Second Hand
Singer Machine Oil
Bratocy's
Bammer
Busta
Desanno
Joo Iy Tet
Elant'e Ewannn
Mian
Mme A Moy
Maur
Aoney
G. Whee
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