20 years ago - Frederick County added 1,028 to voter registration rolls in August, a sign of mounting anticipation of the impending presidential election. But Donald Whitworth, president of the county Board of Elections, says the excitement is just beginning. He expects another 2,000 residents to register before the Oct. 10 deadline.

As the United Way approaches the Sept. 16 kickoff of its 50th anniversary campaign, businesses in the community will be given the opportunity to take part in the United Way’s cause.

50 years ago - Delegates from various sections of the state will be attending here over the weekend the 91st annual convention of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the 51st annual convention of the Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters.

A 40-year-old Liberty man attempted to take his life in jail this morning where he had been lodged Saturday after arrest for assault and battery of his wife. A jail official identified the man as Grover McClelland Nash of Liberty. The official said he found Nash about 8:30 this morning with a “hole in his throat.”

100 years ago - Two frame dwelling houses being erected by Dr. Edward H. Walter, East Fifth street, were badly damaged by fire shortly after three o’clock this morning. The fire was the work of an incendiary, and was started by using waste from the journals of freight cars of the Northern or Central Railroad.

Fifteen thousand people participated in the Labor Day celebration and homecoming at Brunswick yesterday held under the auspices of Delaware Tribe, No. 43, Improved Order of Red Men, of Brunswick. Every attraction was offered from a street show to a hold-up by the Red Men of a stage coach, the rescue by cowboys, the capture of a paleface and the final burning at the stake.