[Short notice on Mark Twain's bankruptcy] | 11 Feb 1897
Süd Dakota Nachrichten (Sioux Falls, Süd-Dakota), 11 Feb. 1897, p. 7, c. 1. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. < https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98069093/1897-02-11/ed-1/seq-7/ >
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| Der ausgezeichnete amerikanische Humorist Samuel Clemens, welche die ganze Welt unter dem Namen „Mark Twain” kennt, ist so arm wie eine Kirchenmaus. Der Bankerott seiner Verleger Webster & Co. hat ihn ruinirt. Er fristet sein Leben in London in der armseligsten Weise von der Welt. Das ist um so schlimmer, da er bereits 60 Jahre alt ist. | The distinguished American humorist Samuel Clemens, known to the whole world as "Mark Twain," is as poor as a church mouse. The bankruptcy of his publisher Webster & Co. has ruined him. He ekes out a living in London in the most miserable way in the world. This is all the worse because he is already 60 years old. |