December – Sam inscribed his photograph to William Winter: “Willie Winter, with the affectionate regard of Mark Twain. Riverdale, Dec., ’01” [MTP: Walpole Galleried catalogs, Nov. 11, 1923, Item 60].

Sam’s story, “The Death-Disk” (aka “The Death Wafer”) ran in Harper’s Monthly Magazine.

W. Ramsay’s article, “Mark Twain: A Biographical Sketch” ran in Great Thoughts. Twainian, II (February, 1940), 7 [35].

Dr. Channing H. Cook, General Manager of the American Plasmon Co., left the firm after accusations of dishonesty [Report of Cases Vol. 187 (1910): Ashcroft v. Hammond 491]. Note: Cook’s successor would also leave the company in May 1903, also under charges of dishonesty and fraudulent issue of stock [Ibid.