OH-030
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
[MT bankrupt] | 10 Feb 1897
Der Deutsche beobachter. New Philadelphia [OH], 10 Feb 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063815/1897-02-10/ed-1/seq-3/.
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| Der ausgezeichnete amerikanische Humorist Samuel Clemens, welchen 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 excellent American humorist Samuel Clemens, known to the whole world as “Mark Twain”, is as poor as a church mouse. The bankruptcy of his publishers 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. |