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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Nationality: American Type: Playwright Born: February 9, 1866 Death: May 16, 1944 |
I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder.
We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation.

