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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
9
A haunted party scene unfolds with witches and goblins at nightfall. Old hag guides guests through a dimly lit hall filled with cobwebs, skulls, and eerie props. Couples pair off as witchcraft charms fly, a fortune wheel spins, and a spectral organ sets a spooky mood before lighting floods the room.
The piece describes Halloween amusements with apples and charms, prizes like a silver box and a cigar holder, and symbolic treats. It compares British and Italian customs, noting games with mirrors and cups, and mentions All Souls and All Saints as linked feast days.
A quirky white text recalls an eccentric Fats Committee menu for a Halloween gathering. It lists fruit salads with Naples macaroni, orange cups, and grapes, plus brown bread, cider, doughnuts, and popovers. For a buffet, olives, cider, and soup are suggested, with more elaborate options like bouillon scalloped oysters roast and coffee. The passage ends with a humorous anecdote about a child’s washing habit at the table.
The piece describes various Halloween customs such as looking-glass dreams and apple peels to foretell future partners. It details nut-brown roasts, divination via water, and the marriage fortune derived from garlands, bowls, and stalks in a ritual where two young people are joined to reveal their future spouse.
A playful 19th or early 20th century style instruction lists methods for making fortunes from wal nut shell halves and folded notes. It offers rhymes and prose fortunes tied with black ribbons, with humorous lines about luck, money, love, and travel.
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