TX-068
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
[Death of Jean Clemens] | 27 Dec 1909
Freie Presse für Texas. San Antonio [TX], 27 Dec 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045227/1909-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/.
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| Aus Redding in Connecticut kommt die Nachricht, daß Mark Twain’s Tochter, Jean Clemens, in einer Badewanne ertrunken ist. Die Dame litt an epileptischen Anfällen und wurde wahrscheinlich von einem [so]lchen befallen, als sie ihr Bad [na]hm. | From Redding, Connecticut, comes a report that Mark Twain's daughter, Jean Clemens, has drowned in a bathtub. The lady suffered from epileptic seizures and was probably stricken by one of them while taking her bath. |