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October 15, 1885
The Brookhaven Leader
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
A writer claims that annual funeral expenditures in the United States exceed funding for public schools and the combined gold and silver production of 1880, excluding cemetery lots and fees, often crippling poor families financially to show respect for the dead.
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The Cost of Funerals.
It is claimed by a writer that one and one-fourth more money is expended annually on funerals in the United States than is expended for public school purposes, and more than the combined gold and silver yield of the country in the year 1880. This does not include the cost of cemetery lots and burial fees. While it is quite natural to reverence the dead, it is certainly unnecessary to make extravagant expenditures in their behalf. Many poor families cripple themselves for months in order to make a last show of respect for the departed.
It is claimed by a writer that one and one-fourth more money is expended annually on funerals in the United States than is expended for public school purposes, and more than the combined gold and silver yield of the country in the year 1880. This does not include the cost of cemetery lots and burial fees. While it is quite natural to reverence the dead, it is certainly unnecessary to make extravagant expenditures in their behalf. Many poor families cripple themselves for months in order to make a last show of respect for the departed.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Funeral Expenditures
Public Schools
Gold Silver Yield
Extravagant Spending
Poor Families
Reverence Dead
Where did it happen?
United States
Story Details
Location
United States
Event Date
1880
Story Details
A writer claims annual US funeral costs exceed public school funding by one and one-fourth times and surpass the 1880 gold and silver yield, excluding lots and fees; revering the dead is natural but extravagant spending unnecessary, crippling poor families for months to show respect.