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  "id": 17170960,
  "title": "What have they come as? Halloween costume inspiration from the kids of 1887",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/what-have-they-come-as-halloween-costume-inspiration-from-the-kids-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:21:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/what-have-they-come-as-halloween-costume-inspiration-from-the-kids-of-1887"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Are you rummaging about for bits of wire and pumpkin-coloured crêpe paper and wondering if a scorch-marked tea-towel will work as a devil’s cape for a nine-year-old? Spare a thought for the parents of Australian kids going to a fancy-dress party in 1887 Actually, don’t – their costumes were made by professional costumiers, befitting the hundreds of posh kids who sashayed into the lord mayoress’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
        "title": "Halloween is typically a massive lolly fest for kids – but it doesn’t have to be",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/halloween-is-typically-a-massive-lolly-fest-for-kids-but-it-doesnt",
        "published": "2026-10-29T19:12:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Gun found in box of Halloween candy in DC public school for young kids",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/gun-found-in-box-of-halloween-candy-in-dc-public-school-for-young-kids",
        "published": "2026-10-30T04:17:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}