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Manufacturing Mummies.For years an ingenious sharper in Alexandria, Egypt, carried on a lucrative business in manufacturing Egyptian mummies, which he disposed of all overthe world. lie was the inventor of a scent which gave the mummies the odor of antiquity. The main article used in their construction was asses’ skins. Curious people noted that while many mummies went out from his place of business, few were seen going in; and one shrewd old lady ventured the startling suggestion that his house had secret communication with an old cemetery. This led to an investigation, and the trickster is now a convict.
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New Harmony Register

New Harmony, Indiana, US

Fri, Aug 05, 1892

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