Papeb Coffins.—To the various paper productions of this paper age—paper collars, paper shirts, aud even paper waistcoats, bonnets, and hats—must be added paper coffins. A Monsieur Szerelmey is their inventor. His object in introducing it in the manufacture of coffins is to obtain what so many people rather consider a desideratum—a perfectly air-tight, waterproof, and dampdefying shell, which nothing from without can penetrate, and nothing from within can escape. The Zopissas paper coffin, in which these conditions are said to be fulfilled, is a solid-looking structure, very much resembling, in build and thickness, the ancient mummy cases preserved in the British Museum.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 516, 12 June 1869, Page 3
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102Untitled Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 516, 12 June 1869, Page 3
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