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June 9 Monday – Sam arrived home in Riverdale at 6 p.m. after a 30 hour trip from St. Louis [June 10 to James R. Clemens].

T. Shaw Hall, N.Y.C. paper dealer, wrote to Sam, recalling his “Golden Arm” story in Chickering Hall, which made a fat lady shoot “a foot and a half into the air” when he got to the punch-scare line. He enclosed a copy of an advertisement (booklet) and asked if Sam “possibly had some old jokes” he might offer for next year’s advertisement [MTP].

SLC used mourning border for most letters from Susy’s death on, then from Livy’s death on.

694 1902

 

June 9 after – Fatout lists a possible June reading for Sam at the Alfred Corning Clark Neighborhood House (est. 1899) [MT Speaking 671]. Note: located on the SW corner of Cannon and Rivington Streets, the house, named after the philanthropist Clark (1845-1896) was in the Thirteenth Ward, one of the most densely populated areas in the City and the world.

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