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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
3
A former burglar narrates a midnight stakeout on a sixroom house. He finds signs of occupancy, searches each room, encounters a mirror image mistaken for a living figure, and discovers a telegram reading “Mother dying, All come at once.” He leaves empty handed and vows to pursue legitimate work.
London reports a deep national divide over the Lords budget vote with 20,000 radicals marching in Trafalgar Square to denounce the Lords and press for suffrage while suffragists try to disrupt meetings. Protesters hailed the Labor and artisan crowd as demonstrations intensify across the country.
A magazine style note discusses dog grooming routines stressing daily brushing and long bristles for long haired breeds to reach the skin. It also notes Suburban Life’s December issue reporting over 20 000 canaries imported yearly, tracing origin to the Hartz mountains and a shipwreck that led to captive breeding of green plumaged birds with varied colors and songs.
A Wide World Magazine writer describes a ritual called trial by rice used on suspects in Bengal. People gathered at 10 am sat in a semicircle while a priest chanted, flowers were blessed, and each suspect chewed two ounces of dry rice until almost swallowed. Three men struggled to spit it out. one cried and confessed, naming an accomplice as ringleader. Fear of judgment hindered saliva, aiding the process.
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