Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail

[Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>]

This is just a sheer guess on my part, maybe the perforated section  
was to be pasted to the end of the shipping box.


Thank you kindly,

Michael Matalis
Downers Grove IL

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On Jun 5, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Nelson Moyer wrote:

> Could Paster (Pastor) be the minister officiating the funeral?  
> Spelling was
> sometimes 'different' in the 1800s.
>
> Nelson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of  
> archie
> hayden
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:30 AM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
>
> List, I am digging out a form issued from 1899 No 854 that had to be
> filled out in the transportation of a corpse.  It was perforated at
> the middle and one part was to be placed on the end of the case or box
> carrying the coffin.  I will get this on the album Asap.  One of the
> captions showed this term "PASTER" above Undertaker's Certificate.
> Not sure what that term meant?  Any ideas?  Archie
> On Jun 5, 2011, at 9:01 AM, John D. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:



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