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Show Parr's Great Age Discredited. Is it wo;th 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 liveO to be 132 and that he did penance for immorality im-morality at 100. Careful Inquiry last century discredited the tradition as Co the number of his years. His age was attested only by village gossip and by quacks, who sold what they false!-' called "Parr's Life Pills." Brought to court In what was alleged to be his 153d year, Parr died in the course of a few months, killed by excessive diet. London Mail. |