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24 October 2025

  • 10:2010:20, 24 October 2025 Pen Name (hist | edit) [1,228 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Samuel L. Clemens started using the pen name "Mark Twain" in 1863 (see Rasmussen 774). Its first known appearance was in a letter published in the ''Virginia City Territorial Enterprise'' on 3 Feb. 1863 (see Rasmussen 774). The names' nautical origin (literally meaning "two marks" or 12 feet in measuring the depth of a river) were repeatedly explained to the general public in newspaper reports - sometimes in the form of a short article merely professing to present an in...") originally created as "Anecdotes/Pen Name"

26 September 2025

  • 15:4315:43, 26 September 2025 WorkflowPageImport (hist | edit) [4,463 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE: Workflow: Creating Article Pages}} Category:Editorial Pages == Importing Images == with Extension:Simple Batch Uploader ==== Preparing image files ==== * file name corresponds to item ID (e.g. “IA-001”) * file extension is “.png” * only one file per item ==== Uploading image files ==== * Special Page “BatchUpload” (https://pressger.twainframe.org/Special:BatchUpload) * description field: <noinclude>Category:Article Image</noinclude>...")

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8 September 2025

  • 10:5110:51, 8 September 2025 Introducing General Hawley (hist | edit) [407 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain gave a speech introducing Genral Hawley at the Republican Meeting in Elmira, New York, on 16th October, 1879 ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/KXXAMETC/library Fatout, ''Mark Twain Speaking'', 128]). Different versions of the speech circulated in various newspapers. {{TopicLinkList}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Works Category:Preliminary Information")
  • 10:3810:38, 8 September 2025 Switzerland Cradle of Liberty (hist | edit) [1,743 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A series of six letters Mark Twain wrote for American newspapers ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/BF6Z2ZNX/ Paine 2:923]) and which appeared as “Switzerland, The Cradle of Liberty” in the Twain collection ''What Is Man? And Other Essays'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/JXA6U5MI 1917, 193-208]). The article was published under different titles in several American newspapers, including ''The Pittsburg Dispatch'' which c...")
  • 10:2910:29, 8 September 2025 Sitting in Darkness (hist | edit) [2,478 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain’s “To the Person Sitting in Darkness” is a polemical article which appeared in the North American Review in 1901 ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/UD2CVFHG/ 172:531, 161-176]). The first half of it is made up of satirical comments on the recent dealings of England, Germany, Russia, and the United States for their invasion of smaller undeveloped countries. The second half has specific references to the conduct of the United Stat...")
  • 10:1710:17, 8 September 2025 Letter Treasury (hist | edit) [617 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On October 3rd 1902, Mark Twain sent a letter to the secretary of the treasury in which Twain requested to be send winter fuel - in the form of treasury bonds, bank notes, etc.. The letter soon started circulating in the press and was subsequently translated in the German-language papers as well. The full text can be found in ''Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G4BNQ8EC/ Scharnhorst 171]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{...")
  • 10:0810:08, 8 September 2025 Salutation Speech (hist | edit) [626 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain's text "Salutation-Speech from the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth", a sarcastic and critical welcome to the new millenium, was origianlly published in the ''New York Herald'', 30 Dec. 1900, 7. The text can be found in ''Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G4BNQ8EC/ Scharnhorst 163]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"Salutation-Speech from the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:...")
  • 09:5509:55, 8 September 2025 Running for Governor (hist | edit) [3,102 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The sketch “Running for Governor” was originally published in the ''Buffalo Express'' in November 1870 and in ''The Galaxy'' in December 1870 ([https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079618660&seq=892 10:6, 878-880]). The Library of America’s ''Story of the Week'' article on the sketch elaborates on the historical context: <blockquote>The 1870 New York gubernatorial election pitted the Democratic incumbent, John T. Hoffman, against the Republican, Stewar...")
  • 09:4509:45, 8 September 2025 Letter Postal Service (hist | edit) [1,345 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain’s letter was dated July 22, 1876. A transcribed and annotated version is available from the ''Mark Twain Project'' ([https://www.marktwainproject.org/letters/uccl01350/ UCCL01350]). The text was reprinted by several American daily newspapers under different headings. It can be found in ''Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G4BNQ8EC Scharnhorst, 98-99]). Some examples for newspaper reprints are: * [...")
  • 09:4009:40, 8 September 2025 Notice Burglars (hist | edit) [823 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A report on the burglary was published in the ''New York Times'' ("Burglars Invade Mark Twain Villa," 19 Sept. 1908) and Barbara Schmidt provides a [http://www.twainquotes.com/19080919.html transcript] of the article at ''Twainquotes''. A digital version of Mark Twain's original note is available via the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library as part of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection ("Notice to the next burglars, and Affidavit to the court ident...")
  • 09:2809:28, 8 September 2025 Million Bank Note (hist | edit) [1,159 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain’s short story “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note,” was first published in 1893 in the ''Century Magazine'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/QQ3HRZUH/ 45:3, 338-346]). In the same year, the text appeared in the collection ''The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories by Mark Twain'', which was released in different formats by three different publishers: Charles Webster & Co in New York ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdig...")
  • 09:0709:07, 8 September 2025 McWilliams Lightning (hist | edit) [2,558 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "“Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning” (1880) is the second of three McWilliams family stories which appeared between 1875 and 1882. It first appeared in the September 1880 issue of ''The Atlantic Monthly'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/R8AN85X4/ 46:275, 380-384]) and was republished in the collections ''The Stolen White Elephant'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/HB29VSIN/ 1882]) and ''The American Claimant and Other...")
  • 09:0009:00, 8 September 2025 Making Fortune (hist | edit) [646 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This short sketch by Mark Twain appeared in several American daily newspapers beginning in February 1873. Most newspapers printed the sketch under the heading "Making a Fortune"; however, the ''Delaware State Journal'' used "How to Make Fortune" as the title ([https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026836/1873-04-12/ed-1/ ''Delaware State Journal'', 12 Apr. 1873, 1]). A version is reprinted in ''Mark Twain Speaks for Himself'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital...")

4 September 2025

  • 10:5610:56, 4 September 2025 Encounter Interviewer (hist | edit) [411 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The sketch "An Encounter with an Interviewer" was first published in the collection ''Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/RJTBVH7W 1878]). Translations for publication in the German-language press were altered and shortened substantially. {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"An Encounter with an Interviewer"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:An Encounter with an Interviewer}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Works...")
  • 10:4610:46, 4 September 2025 German Chicago (hist | edit) [2,752 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In 1891, Clemens agreed with the New York ''Sun'' to write six travel letters during his stay in Europe ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP/ Rasmussen et al. 2:813]). His report on Berlin, the last in the series, was published in the New York [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1892-04-03/ed-1/seq-24/ ''Sun'' , April 2, 1892]. On the same day, the Chicago ''Daily Tribune'' release a version of the text as “The Chicago of E...")
  • 10:3610:36, 4 September 2025 First Lie (hist | edit) [482 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The humorous story "My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It" was first published in ''New York World'', 10 Dec. 1899. It was later collected in, among others, ''The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories and Essays'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/B7A5RW6G/ 1900]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Wor...")
  • 10:3010:30, 4 September 2025 Diplomatic Pay (hist | edit) [420 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Diplomatic Pay and Clothes", a critical discussion of US diplomats' financial situation in Europe, was first published in ''The Forum'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/765C56IV/ March 1899, 24-32]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:}} {{DEFAULTSORT:}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Works Category:Preliminary Information")
  • 10:2310:23, 4 September 2025 Concerning Jews (hist | edit) [497 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Concerning the Jews" was first published in ''Harper's Magazine'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/M2JJZU7H/ 99:592, 527–535]). The text was not as widely discussed in the press as some other of his works, but the articles which commented on it did so in depth. {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"Concerning the Jews"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Concerning the Jews}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Works Category:Preliminary Information")
  • 10:1010:10, 4 September 2025 Chapters Autobiography (hist | edit) [479 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain's "Chapters from My Autobiography" was originally a series of 25 articles in the North American Review which ran initially from September 1906 to December 1907. The first installment was published on 7 Sep. 1906 ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/ZCNWMZUH/ 183:598, 321-330]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"Chapters from My Autobiography"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapters from My Autobiography}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Wor...")
  • 09:4709:47, 4 September 2025 Awful German Language (hist | edit) [513 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""The Awful German Language" was originally published as "Appendix D" of ''A Tramp Abroad'' in 1880 ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/IPNS2B3K 601-619]). {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"The Awful German Language"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:The Awful German Language}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Works Category:Preliminary Information")
  • 09:3109:31, 4 September 2025 Agricultural Paper (hist | edit) [602 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mark Twain's sketch “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper Once" originally appeared in the "Memoranda" section of ''The Galaxy'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/UPA4Q2FM/ 10:1, 133-135]). It was later republished repeatedly, for example in the collection ''Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/ISRGITWP/ 1875]) with added illustrations. {{TopicLinkList}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:"How I Edited an Agric...")

26 August 2025

  • 09:2709:27, 26 August 2025 Redding/Stormfield (hist | edit) [3,270 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "“Stormfield” was Samuel Clemens’ last permanent home and located just outside the town of Redding in Connecticut. The house was designed by John Mead Howells; Clara Langdon Clemens and Isabel Lyon, Clemens secretary at that point in time, oversaw the interior furnishing and decorating (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP/ Rasmussen et al. 2:903]). Clemens himself did not want to see the house until it was complete and ready for...")
  • 09:2009:20, 26 August 2025 Redding (hist | edit) [1,783 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In 1906, Samuel Clemens bought land in the vicinity of the town Redding in Connecticut. The purchase was made without Clemens having seen the property beforehand as he was eager to strike an apparent bargain (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:852]). Albert Bigelow Paine, a close friend of Clemens’, had previously bought land in the same area and this quickly convinced Clemens to invest as well (see [https://www.zot...")
  • 09:1609:16, 26 August 2025 Quaker City Excursion (hist | edit) [2,274 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Quaker City Excursion was an American pleasure cruise and educational excursion to the Mediterranean and back that took place in 1867. “Quaker City” was the name of the steamship used for the cruise. Clemens participated in the excursion as a newspaper correspondent for the ''San Francisco Alta California'' and therefore did not have to pay the $1,250 per-person fare (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:845])...")
  • 09:1109:11, 26 August 2025 Plasmon (hist | edit) [4,677 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The main product sold by the Plasmon Company was also called “Plasmon”, a skim milk powder that was supposed to restore general health and which Samuel L. Clemens encountered first during his stay in Vienna in 1898/1899 (see Wilson and Rees in [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/XK78JK3N/ LeMaster and Wilson, ''The Routledge Encyclopedia''] 108-112; and [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/8C2D7CMK/ Ober 169]). There were a...")
  • 09:0509:05, 26 August 2025 North American Review (hist | edit) [537 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The ''North American Review'' - founded in 1815 - is the oldest literary magazine in the USA and is still published today (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/RMCSBZVE/ "History, North American Review"]). In addition to To the Person Sitting in Darkness this periodical also published Mark Twain’s Chapters from My Autobiography a collection of autobiographical dictations. The texts were collected and re-published later in different forma...")

25 August 2025

  • 14:5214:52, 25 August 2025 Heidelberg/Schloss-Hotel (hist | edit) [2,453 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Until now, German newspapers, even with digital reproductions available, have provided little assistance in reconstructing Clemens’s [visit to Heidelberg]. It appears that there is only a single reference to the presence of the prominent visitor in Heidelberg. The ''Heidelberger Zeitung'' printed a list of newly arrived visitors (“Fremdenliste”) in the city, including the line “Hotel Schrieder [...] Clemans [sic] und Fam. a. New-York” (7 May, 1878, 4). File:...")
  • 14:1114:11, 25 August 2025 Heidelberg (hist | edit) [4,494 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Samuel Clemens arrived in Heidelberg on April 22, 1878. It was the first extended stay on his trip through Europe during the years 1878-1879. He was accompanied by his wife, Olivia Langdon Clemens, his two daughters Susy (6 years old) and Clara (3 years old), Olivia’s friend Clara Spaulding, and the German nursemaid Rosina Hay ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/2ERH5HZF/ N&J2, 43]). Ther...")
  • 11:4311:43, 25 August 2025 Funeral (hist | edit) [1,571 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "After his death on 21 April 1910, Samuel Clemens’ body was transported by railway from his home in Redding, Ct., to New York City. On 23 April, a funeral procession and a memorial service at Brick Church took place; the service was conducted by Henry Van Dyke and Joseph Hopkins Twichell (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rassmussen et. al. 2:663]). The public crowded the church for a last opportunity to see the famous Mark Twain...")
  • 11:2911:29, 25 August 2025 Elmira/Woodlawn Cemetery (hist | edit) [2,381 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Clemens and “all members of his immediate family” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:945]) are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in [Elmira, N.Y.]. The cemetery has been in use since 1858. A virtual tour of Woodlawn Cemetery with an interactive map of notable burials is available from the [https://marktwainstudies.com/take-a-virtual-tour-of-woodlawn-cemetery-resting-place-of-mark-twain/ Center for Mark Twain Studies]. Je...")
  • 11:1311:13, 25 August 2025 Elmira/Quarry Farm (hist | edit) [1,896 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Situated just outside Elmira, N.Y., Quarry Farm was the permanent home of Olivia Langdon Clemens’ sister, Susan Langdon Crane, and her husband Theodore. The Clemens family spent most summers between 1871 and 1889 at Quarry Farm and the Cranes had a private study built for Clemens, the “octagonal study”, where he worked on many of his stories (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:849-850]). File:Quarry_farm....")
  • 11:0511:05, 25 August 2025 Elmira (hist | edit) [689 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Elmira, N.Y., was the home of Olivia Langdon Clemens' family and the Langdon family home was the place where Olivia and Samuel Clemens got married in 1870. During the summers, the Clemens family frequently visited Quarry Farm - just outside of Elmira - where Olivia Clemens' sister, Susan Langdon Crane, lived (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:678]). Elmira became a central part of the family's lives and Clemens'...")
  • 10:4410:44, 25 August 2025 Berlin/Englisches Haus (hist | edit) [1,750 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Located adjacent to Gendarmenmarkt, at Mohrenstraße 49, “das Englische Haus” was a very fashionable private dining establishment in Berlin. It was originally owned and operated by Adolf Huster, who held the title of “‘Hof-Traiteur Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs’ [Cook to his Majesty the Kaiser and King], an official title granted by the Kaiser” (Rabelais Inc. 15). After Huster's retirement, ownership changed into the hands of Max Huster and Ernst...")
  • 10:3910:39, 25 August 2025 Henry Van Dyke (hist | edit) [1,244 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Henry Van Dyke was born on 10 November 1852 in Germantown, Pa.. After graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary, he spent a few years in Europe, studying and travelling (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/8RQX4RHN "Henry Van Dyke" 20]). In 1883 he was called as pastor to the Presbyterian Brick Church in New York. He was a prolific writer of novels, essays, poetry, and theological treatieses (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtx...")
  • 10:3610:36, 25 August 2025 Joseph Twichell (hist | edit) [2,181 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Joseph Hopkins Twichell was born on 27 May 1838 in Southington, CT. He was a chaplain in the New York State Infantry during the Civil War, an experience that shaped his views and his work as a pastor later in life (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:918]). In 1865, Twichell married Julia Harmony Cushman and took on the position of pastor of the Congregational Church in Aylum Hill, Hartford (see [https://www.zotero.org...")
  • 10:2810:28, 25 August 2025 William Howard Taft (hist | edit) [970 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, serving office from 1909 to 1913. He was born 15th Sep. 1857 and died 8th March 1930. == Mississippi river trip == President Taft set out on this trip on 25th October 1909 in St. Louis and arrived in Washington on 10th November. The voyage was a background for political discussions regarding the waterways of the states of Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio. Following his election, Taft had already allotted mo...")
  • 10:2310:23, 25 August 2025 August Siemering (hist | edit) [1,562 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "August Siemering (1830–1883) was a writer, editor, judge, political leader, and publisher of the San Antonio ''Freie Presse für Texas''. Born and educated in Germany, Siemering emigrated to the USA in 1851 where, together with other supporters of the failed revolution of 1848, he pursued his liberal ideals as an ardent Republican and an abolitionist. In 1865, he founded the German-language newspaper ''Freie Presse für Texas'' which developed into one of the most infl...")
  • 10:1910:19, 25 August 2025 Hermann Theodor Schmid (hist | edit) [2,288 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Schmid’s novel ''Der Habermeister'' was reprinted in serialized form in the German American newspaper ''Der Westbote'' (Columbus, Ohio), beginning on [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025947/1870-01-06/ed-1/seq-1/ January 6, 1870]. An English translation of Der Habermeister was published in 1869: ''The Habermeister: A tale of the Bavarian Mountains''. Translated from the German of Herman Schmid. New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869. [Source: [https://chronic...") originally created as "Hermann Theodor Schmidt"
  • 10:1410:14, 25 August 2025 William Walter Phelps (hist | edit) [520 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "William Walter Phelps was an American politician who was appointed by President Harrison to represent the United States in Germany at the International Congress on the Samoan Question in 1889. He was later appointed envoy of the United States in Berlin and held this position from 1889-1893 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/CZ3N3IDF/ "PHELPS, William Walter"]). {{TopicLinkList}} Category:Topic Pages Category:Topic Person|Phelps, William...")
  • 10:1110:11, 25 August 2025 Edward Warren Ordway (hist | edit) [625 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Edward Warren Ordway was a lawyer and political activist who served as secretary for the Anti-Imperialist League of New York from 1899 until 1904. He was also a part of the Filipino Progress Association, which he formed in 1905. He was concerned about American political involvement in the Philippines and wrote extensively on the topic. Ordway and Mark Twain exchanged at least ten letters between 1901 and 1905. The [https://archives.nypl.org/mss/2300 ''Edward Warren...")
  • 10:0810:08, 25 August 2025 Friedrich Maehliss (hist | edit) [1,489 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Friedrich Mähliss (alternative spelling: Mähliß) was a German language teacher and writer who - in 1892 - published a 23-page brochure entitled ''Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache'' [The Horrors of the German Language]. In his introduction to the text, Mähliss explicitly referred to the lecture Mark Twain had given under the same title in Dresden in December 1891 ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/2EVJH7CM/ 4]). Mähliss was a member of the "...")
  • 09:5809:58, 25 August 2025 Otto Lecher (hist | edit) [378 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Otto Lecher was an Austrian politician and member of the Austrian "Abgeordnetenhaus". During Mark Twain's visit to the Austrian Parliament on 28th October 1897, Lecher infamously held a speech which went on for twelve hours. {{TopicLinkList}} Category:Topic Pages Lecher, Otto Category:Preliminary Information")
  • 09:5409:54, 25 August 2025 Charles Jervis Langdon (hist | edit) [1,692 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Charles Langdon was born on 13 August 1849. He was Olivia Langdon's younger brother and Samuel Clemens' brother-in-law. Samuel Clemens and Charles Langdon met during the Quaker City Excursion in 1867 when Langdon was eighteen years old and quickly came to admire Clemens (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:759]). This aquaintance eventually led to the first meeting between Clemens and O...")
  • 09:3709:37, 25 August 2025 Anna Kirchstein (hist | edit) [1,202 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On the occasion of Kirchstein's 70th birthday in 1918, a newspaper article praises the poet for her work as a translator: <blockquote> Mit formvollendeten Uebertragungen aus dem Englischen hat Frau Kirchstein sich den Besten des deutsch-amerikanischen Dichterhimmels ebenbürtig zur Seite gestellt. Wie sie die zwingende Stimmung und den packenden Rhythmus des Poeschen "Raben" meistert, das reicht an die geniale Uebertragung durch Dr. Ernst Schmidt heran. [With her perfec...")
  • 09:3409:34, 25 August 2025 Ernst Otto Hopp (hist | edit) [1,674 bytes] KB (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ernst Otto Hopp (1841-1910) was a German-born educator, journalist, editor, translator, and author with a keen interest in the United States. He was born and raised in Germany and received his education there before making his way to the United States in the winter of 1866. Hopp spent about a decade in the US, during which he worked as a teacher at a grammar school in New York and pursued a career as a journalist (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/col...")
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