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The Age Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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New York committee on vital statistics of the Hundred Year Club reports Izai Rodofsky, 136, of Moscow as world's oldest man and Mrs. Nancy Hollifield, 117, of Battle Creek, Mich., as oldest woman after six-month search.
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New York, January 31.—After searching for six months for the oldest persons in the world the committee on vital statistics of the Hundred Year Club of this city has prepared a report which shows that the oldest man in the world is Izai Rodofsky of Moscow, Russia, who is in his 136th year, and the oldest woman is Mrs. Nancy Hollifield of Battle Creek, Mich., who is 117.
Rodofsky is reported by Dr. Joseph Jernossky of Moscow, who says the old man comes of a long-lived family. His father died at the age of 120 years. Rodofsky's sight is good but his hearing is poor. He was never ill, uses liquor but has never used tobacco.
Dr. Wood of the Battle Creek Sanitarium reports that Mrs. Hollifield has lived a temperate, simple life, doing housework for years.
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January 31
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After searching for six months for the oldest persons in the world the committee on vital statistics of the Hundred Year Club of this city has prepared a report which shows that the oldest man in the world is Izai Rodofsky of Moscow, Russia, who is in his 136th year, and the oldest woman is Mrs. Nancy Hollifield of Battle Creek, Mich., who is 117. Rodofsky is reported by Dr. Joseph Jernossky of Moscow, who says the old man comes of a long-lived family. His father died at the age of 120 years. Rodofsky's sight is good but his hearing is poor. He was never ill, uses liquor but has never used tobacco. Dr. Wood of the Battle Creek Sanitarium reports that Mrs. Hollifield has lived a temperate, simple life, doing housework for years.