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A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
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Reporter
Screenwriter
Writer
Kentland
Indiana
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Never
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Men
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