Sam in porcelain.

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A hearty handshake with John T. Raymond, the actor who played Colonel Sellers in the stage adaptation of Twain’s “The Gilded Age”.

FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
A VOLLEY FROM THE DOWN-TRODDEN.
A DEFENSE.

Editors Missouri Democrat:
I should think you would be ashamed of yourselves. I would, anyway—to publish the vile, witless drivelings of that poor creature who degrades me with his name. I say you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Two hundred noble, Spartan women cast themselves into the breach to [more...]

“This suit, I may say, is the uniform of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Purity and Perfection, of which organization I am president, secretary, treasurer and sole member. I may add that I don’t know of any one else who is eligible.”—Mark Twain, quoted in the Chicago Tribune, December 8, 1906

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In accordance with the Act of Congress, approved Aug. 30, 1852
PILOT’S CERTIFICATE.

The undersigned, Inspector for the District of St. Louis,
Certify that Samuel Clemens….is a suitable and safe person to be
intrusted with the power and duties of Pilot of Steam Boats…

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