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Something i didnt understand?!


I didnt understand how Mose knew where all of the people lived, that they had dead relatives that just passed away, and knew their names, to sell overpriced bibles to?? Did i not pay attention or was this not mentioned?

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He looked them up in the obituary section of the newspaper

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Ah yes. Thank you! That way you would find if someone passed away and you know their names.
I guess their adress is on there too then?

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In the TV Series, The Obituary Misspells the lady's name and Mose prints the misspelling on the Bible, but Mose somehow gets out of it.

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Oh you young-uns --- there used to be this book that would list everyone's phone numbers and addresses - it was called a "telephone directory" or better know as "phone book".

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Once he got the name he most likely looked in the phone book for a address.

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Mose got the names and information from the obituaries in the newspapers.

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