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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
3
The piece describes old Halloween customs such as peering into mirrors with a candle and a hand mirror to glimpse a future spouse, throwing yarn balls into water to reveal names, and listing methods like writing names on paper balls. It notes varied beliefs about the beloved’s appearance and fate.
The notice reports the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Glessner at 85 in Big City, Pasradey, with funeral services at her daughter Spies’ home in Chipley Pittsburgh. Survivors include Edward Glessner Sunbury and Charles Polibert Braddock, among others. Funeral arrangements set for Sunday at 336 North Market and Heise Cemetery. Funds for Stind and other tributes noted, with Waldo Newcomer presenting.
The News-Post announces election night information services with stereopticon display of local, state, and national results from Court Street building. Readers are urged to request specific election questions, avoid vague “election news,” and understand the heavy call volume as staff provide timely results and guidance.
The fragment recalls a travelogue through Washington and British Columbia, praising the Cascade Mountains and Vancouver and noting a farewell dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Dinterman for their pastor Rev. E. H. Hummelbaugh and wife. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Urban and daughter Myra.
Nearly 500 people attended the Mal lowe en entertainment at the Methodist-Episcopal church last night. Highlights included The march of the Fairies The Ghost March Hallowe en Revelry and Hobgoblin Things. Margaret Davatts and figs Robe Homebase phaby disclosed the mystery. Tomorrow at 9 the Sunday School Band will render numbers in front of the church. In the afternoon the Methodist delegation will head the Men s parade. William Wershperger of Adamed town has been appointed by Governor Ritchie as a delegate to the Farmers Congress to be held at Satin bury November 9 17.
In Shenandoul on Oct 30 an Ashland Reading railway station entry by an unidentified man bound and gagged a person with a revolver. The thief obtained about $25 from a chewing gum machine and fled. The operator identified as O'Donnell is suspected.
Not a single bid was received for the 500 deadweight steamship Selma which sank off Tamptes harbor in May and is now under repair at Galveston Texas.
A Wilkesboro recital at Wittchester Hall drew praise for the performers. Mrs. Haines’s sister wrote Lullaby, hailed as one of the most beautiful numbers on the program. Miss Laurie Hill delivered two excellent readings with calm ease, while the accompanists showed varied, sympathetic support. The event also featured a court note about a $2,000 suit against Mrs. Jin M. Geesey, with attorneys for both sides and a county delegation named by the governor for farmers conventions.
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