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Great Glass Coffin Scam: When Hucksters Sold the Fantasy of Death Without Decay

By Allison C. Meier — "One More Opportunity Knocks at Your Door,” declared an advertisement in the November 9, 1916, issue of the "Oklahoma City Times." The tantalizing notice shared column space with sales pitches for hair tonics and headache cures and offered its own remedy for one of …

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