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Show Parr's Great Age Discredited. Is it worth while, when money Is needed for legitimate objects, to answer an-swer the appeal to save from sale the cottage In which Thomas Parr Vved? His claim to fame is that he liveJ to be 11)2 and that he did pennnce for Immorality Im-morality at 100. Careful inquiry last century dlscreditea the tradition as to the number of his years. His age wns attested only by village gossip and by quacks, who Mid whnt they false!-' called "Parr's Life Pills." Brought to court In what whs alleged to be his 153d year. Parr died in the course of a few months, kllied by excessive diet. London Mail. |