Naval Academy boxing quarrels prompt call for reform
The article argues midshipmen at Annapolis settle disputes by frequent fistfights, condemns the practice as brutish, and urges strict naval regulations and congressional action to end the custom and prevent further tragedies. It notes the Navy Secretary’s condemnation and calls for decisive enforcement now.
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8. K. Cox
Christian Advocate
Meriwether
Annapolis Naval Academy
Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Naval Academy
Local Reader Contemplates Star's Want Columns Value
A reader questions the usefulness of the Star's want columns and debates their helpfulness for the community. The remark reflects press readers and column usefulness in local life.
Cumberland Valley Holiday Trains Schedule 1905
Special holiday service on December 24 and 31 1905 by Cumberland Valley Railroad runs train No 3 from Harrisburg at 7 45 a m to Winchester with a return on No 8 from Winchester at 2 p m. Stops at intermediate stations.
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Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Harrisburg
Winchester
Wincester
Intermedile
Local Notes From Bunker Hall Holiday Preparations
Community updates mention Ed Garner Stewart of Morgantown visiting father J. T. Stewart, Grace Russell visiting in Winchester, and Charles Rosenberger's hog tipping 600 pounds. Norfolk and Western offers cheap excursion tickets Dec 22 25 and Dec 30 31 with return Jan 4 1906 for holidays. Teachers and students with valid certificates may buy travel Dec 17 24 return Jan 8 1906.
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Grace Russell
Winchester
Coyle
Charles Rosenberger
U. S. Crowder
Hedgesville
Jenuarp
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Amd
Norfolk and Western Railway
Keep Poultry Manure for Orchard and Garden Fertility
This piece promotes saving hen manure as a valuable fertilizer. It outlines storage in a covered shed, heating, turning, and drying into a usable dry mass. Details cover distribution around weak orchard trees, potato drills, strawberry beds, and corn, melons, and squash plantings, plus economic notes on keeping 500–1000 hens and managing costs. It also discusses weed management, green manuring, burning seeds, and preparing soil for spring.
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Nat M. Novelius
Washington
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