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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 10, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 44.

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Professional pall-bearers, who hang around undertaking parlors in Denver in hope of getting a job in case of some poor deceased without friends, have decided to form a union and demand fifty cents each per burial. What led to this decision was some new professionals coming in and serving for twenty-five cents each. A funeral conducted on the latter basis was interrupted by the cries of “Scab,” followed by fights. Pitifully disgraceful, isn’t it?