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In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Reporter
Screenwriter
Writer
Kentland
Indiana
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Interruption
Country
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Funeral
Traffic
Popular
Entertainment
City

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