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If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

Myrtle Reed

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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Myrtle Reed MacCollough
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Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.
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... the song of the world is all of love.
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Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others.
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I've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it!
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