Monday, October 13, 2025

Halloween newspaper snippets from 100 years ago

Here are some Halloween clippings from the October 31, 1925, edition of the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal. This is the "Women's Page," filled with recipes, party ideas, etc. A headline states of Halloween: "The Mad Hour When Witches Ride and Black Cats Stalk on Fence Tops May Be Celebrated With an Eerie Party." It includes a recipe for "drop doughnuts," which is included in an image below. And there's an advertisement for Merita bread, which claims that it's great for Hallowe'en sandwiches.

2 comments:

  1. I had a subscription to newspapers.com for about a year. The best part was looking through all the old ads, particularly around the holidays.

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  2. I love old Halloween advertising, especially the graphics. It is fun how doughnuts and nuts figured big in the holiday.

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