The Craigs’ Halloween Party, Selma, 1905

THE SELMA TIMES, SUN NOV, 1905 The most attractive scene did the spacions lawn of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Craig present on Hallowe’en night, when some hundred or more “ghostly” spirits, each bearing lighted pumpkins gathered, at the bidding of Miss Cola Barr Craig to surround the witches cauldron and test the future. InRead more

Fairies Will Not Meet, Halloween in Anniston, 1899

THE ANNISTON STAR, OCTOBER, 1899 HALLOWEEN MONTH OFF. Fairies Will Not Meet Until Oct. 31. Those in Anniston who failed to observe the quaint and time honored customs of Halloween last night need not feel badly about it Another opportunity for celebrating the event will be afforded to them on the evening of October 31.Read more

Halloween Celebrated the Old Time Way, Piedmont, 1894

  PIEDMONT INQUIRER SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1894 HALLOWE’EN Celebrated by the Young People in the Olden-time Way. The ancient (and modern) custom of celebrating Hallowe’en as the evening before All Saint’s Day was remembered and enjoyed in Piedmont by the gathering of some of the young people at the residence of Col. W. J. Alexander. TheRead more

Miss Daisy McCollister’s Halloween Party, 1892

PIEDMONT INQUIRER, NOVEMBER, 1892 Hallowe’en Party. The last Monday night was witching Halloween was made memorable by a charming party given to a number of her friends at the residence of her parents by Miss Daisy McCollister. There are certain regulation things to be done on the night of Hallowe’en, when questions are answered andRead more

Miss Fannie Young’s Delightful Halloween party, Linden, 1895

THE DEMOCRAT REPORTER, NOVEMBER, 1895 HALLOWEEN PARTY. Miss Fannie Young gave a delightful Halloween party last week and all our boys and girls found out their “future intended.” Some of the boys were quite enthusiastic in their efforts to bite an apple in a bowl of water. Others among the crowd attempted to solve theRead more