Word: zaro
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...Istanbul, Turkey, toothless Zaro Agha who claimed he was 156 years old, had buried n wives, had never taken a drink of liquor, received an invitation from the American Anti-Alcohol Society to visit the U.S. Onion...
...newest pawn in the struggle centered about the juice of the grape is Zaro Agha, recent American Anti-Alcohol importation, who is to incite chatter in Temperance troups and Women's Clubs from coast to coast. From the monotony of doorkeeping at the city hall of Istambul, faithful Zaro has never sought surcease in bacchanalian revel. For one hundred and fifty-six years he has serenely bowed before the city factota and with the same contemplative serenity seen eleven consecutive wives pass from his bed and board into the lap of Mother Earth...
...Manhattan Sir Charles Frederick beamed sunnily. His face is blocky, cheery as a well-fed sea-lion. To admiring newspapermen he at once offered $500 for the picture of the oldest tea drinker in the U. S. He wants to compare that face with the face of Turk Zaro Agha, 154, oldest tea drinker in Europe...