March 2 Saturday – At 21 Fifth Ave, N.Y. Sam wrote congratulations to Murat and Mary Banks Halstead on their 50 wedding anniversary. The letter is not extant but was reported by the New York Times, Mar. 3, p. 7 “Halstead’s Golden Wedding.”

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “The Chorus Lady. King spent night at Rogers” [MTP TS 32]. Note: The Chorus Lady written by James Forbes and produced by Henry B. Harris, played at the Hackett Theatre, NYC.

Theodore Cornelius Bates wrote from Worcester, Mass. to Sam. “My daughter, Mrs Tryphosa Bates Batcheller, requests me to send to you a copy of her book—“Glimpses of Italian Court Life” but did not have Sam’s exact address [MTP]. Note: not in Gribben. Tryphosa Bates- Batcheller (1876-1952), socialite and concert singer: Glimpses of Italian court life; happy days in Italia adorata, Doubleday, Page & company, New York (1906).

J.F. Flanigan wrote to Sam from Hot Springs, Ark. For the 53 Convention of the International Typographical Union, acknowledging receipt of “your article intended for publication in the Souvenir of the …Convention.” [MTP].

J.W. of Golds Limited wrote from Birmingham, England to ask Sam if he had an objection to their selling a brand of American tobacco on the English market by the name of “Mark Twain” [MTP]. Note: Lyon wrote: No objection to your proposition”

Murat Halstead sent Sam an engraved invitation for Saturday evening, Mar. 2, at 8 p.m. (likely sent earlier) [MTP]. Note: the Halsteads were celebrating their 50 anniversary.

Ireland Advertising Agency sent a telegram to Sam. “Do you have your white suits washed with fels naptha soap in cold or lukewarm water reply paid” [MTP].

Harrie C. White wrote from Bennington, Vt. to Sam responding to a call from Lyon that they had run a photo in Harper’s Weekly without his permission. They denied doing so and upon investigating, discovered the publisher had put their credit under his photo in error [MTP].