September 7 Saturday – On the R.M.S. Warrimoo, Sam’s notebook records scores from a “Sept. 7” of deck shuffleboard, this time with Sam winning’s score of 111. “There were others. The winners being reduced to 2 — Thomas & me, we played it off & he won” [NB 35 TS 45].

Shillingsburg writes,

The week before Twain was to arrive in Sydney Harbour, [R.S.] Smythe unleashed a barrage of publicity about the visit, setting the pattern for the entire Australasian tour. Pictures adorned any available post or flat surface; advertisements appeared in classified sections; and news releases along with portraits were supplied to obliging editors [At Home 23].