Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Five (1907-1909)


Read by John Greenman

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This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Five of this chronological listing (1907-1909) are some of Twain’s short stories, speeches and letters, as they appeared in the New York Times in that period. The original microfiche articles are available at the New York Times’ “Times Machine” website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/. - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt (8 hr 55 min)

Chapters

January 1, 1907 - MARK TWAIN AND TWIN CHEER NEW YEAR'S PARTY 6:51 Read by John Greenman
January 10, 1907 - MORE HEALTH THAN HE NEEDS 1:41 Read by John Greenman
January 12, 1907 - CALLS MARK TWAIN OUR GREATEST NOVELIST 3:24 Read by John Greenman
January 13, 1907 - A LINCOLN MEMORIAL 5:29 Read by John Greenman
January 27, 1907 - DINNER TO SENATOR CLARK 1:13 Read by John Greenman
January 30, 1907 - AID FOR HARTE'S DAUGHTER 2:41 Read by John Greenman
February 2, 1907 - TWAIN VISITS BINGHAM 1:32 Read by John Greenman
February 3, 1907 - OBITUARY FOR ANDREW W. FOSTER & WANTS A BUSINESS MAN IN THE … 4:05 Read by John Greenman
February 15, 1907 - KEATS-SHELLEY MEETING PLEASES 2:19 Read by John Greenman
February 24, 1907 - TRIBUTES TO POET BY MEN OF LETTERS 7:14 Read by John Greenman
March 3, 1907 - HALSTEAD'S GOLDEN WEDDING 1:02 Read by John Greenman
March 4, 1907 - SAY CZAR'S DOOM IS NEAR AT HAND 3:10 Read by John Greenman
March 5, 1907 - ALADIN APPEALS TO UNITED STATES 3:08 Read by John Greenman
March 6, 1907 - WON AT BILLIARDS BY SINGLE POINT 2:27 Read by John Greenman
March 8, 1907 - HONOR CROSBY'S MEMORY 1:32 Read by John Greenman
March 28, 1907 - COUNT SPIRIDOVITCH GIVES A LUNCHEON 2:57 Read by John Greenman
March 31, 1907 - MARK TWAIN'S WANDERINGS AT AN END 18:01 Read by John Greenman
April 15, 1907 - MARK TWAIN TELLS OF BEING AN ACTOR 8:13 Read by John Greenman
May 1, 1907 - MARK TWAIN FUSS IN ACTOR'S FAIR 5:52 Read by John Greenman
May 2, 1907 - WARM APOLOGIES TO MARK TWAIN 6:35 Read by John Greenman
May 4, 1907 - TWAIN AND YACHT DISAPPEAR AT SEA 3:14 Read by John Greenman
May 5, 1907 - MARK TWAIN INVESTIGATING 4:45 Read by John Greenman
May 7, 1907 - ACTORS' FUND FAIR OPENS WITH VIM 6:33 Read by John Greenman
May 11, 1907 - OXFORD DEGREE FOR TWAIN & ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO MRS. ROSENFELD 8:48 Read by John Greenman
May 12, 1907 - MIGHTY MARK TWAIN OVERAWES MARINES 17:57 Read by John Greenman
June 9, 1907 - MARK TWAIN SAILS FOR OXFORD HONORS 4:14 Read by John Greenman
June 19, 1907 - SHAW MEETS TWAIN AND EXPLAINS HIM 6:47 Read by John Greenman
June 20, 1907 - MARK TWAIN LONDON'S LION 2:11 Read by John Greenman
June 21, 1907 - TWAIN STARTLES LONDON - Strolls in Bathrobe 3:23 Read by John Greenman
June 22, 1907 - MARK TWAIN IS REID'S GUEST 2:12 Read by John Greenman
June 23, 1907 - TWAIN AMUSES KING AND QUEEN 6:15 Read by John Greenman
June 24, 1907 - HIS HAT ON BEFORE KING 3:07 Read by John Greenman
June 25, 1907 - TWAIN IN THE COMMONS 1:07 Read by John Greenman
June 26, 1907 - MARK TWAIN HUMOR APPROVED BY PUNCH & PILGRIMS HONOR MARK TWAIN 6:55 Read by John Greenman
June 27, 1907 - MARK TWAIN, D. LITT., OXFORD 2:41 Read by John Greenman
June 28, 1907 - GREAT PAGEANT AT OXFORD 1:52 Read by John Greenman
June 30, 1907 - MARK TWAIN LIVING UP TO HIS DEGREE, MARK TWAIN'S EXPERIENCES I… 25:13 Read by John Greenman
July 10, 1907 - PUNCH DINES MARK TWAIN 1:26 Read by John Greenman
July 13, 1907 - TWAIN POSTPONES FUNERAL 2:39 Read by John Greenman
July 16, 1907 - TWAIN BARS LAND TRIPS 1:31 Read by John Greenman
July 18, 1907 - FROM TWAIN BY WIRELESS. Bark Lost Her Bowsprit In Collision wit… 1:57 Read by John Greenman
July 23, 1907 - MARK TWAIN HOME IN GOOD HUMOR 7:48 Read by John Greenman
August 20, 1907 - NOBEL PRIZE FOR KIPLING 0:54 Read by John Greenman
September 18, 1907 - H. H. ROGERS DRIVES AUTO. Has Mark Twain as Guest 2:17 Read by John Greenman
September 22, 1907 - MARK TWAIN SKIPPER OF ROGERS'S YACHT 6:18 Read by John Greenman
September 24, 1907 - HONOR FULTON AT JAMESTOWN 2:54 Read by John Greenman
October 16, 1907 - JOHN HAYS HAMMOND SUED 1:49 Read by John Greenman
October 17, 1907 - SWORN JEST BY MARK TWAIN 1:51 Read by John Greenman
November 20, 1907 - UPTOWN AUDIENCE AT CHILDREN'S PLAY 6:02 Read by John Greenman
December 1, 1907 - MARK TWAIN 72 0:54 Read by John Greenman
December 10, 1907 - MARK TWAIN JEERS AT SIMPLE SPELLING 6:22 Read by John Greenman
December 19, 1907 - CLEMENCY ASKED FOR TCHAYKOVSKY 4:57 Read by John Greenman
MARK TWAIN CONCERN GIVES UP THE GHOST. Plasmon Company 6:09 Read by John Greenman
December 23, 1907 - HOW MARK TWAIN 'WORKED' GEN. MILES 8:40 Read by John Greenman
December 27, 1907 - WANT TCHAYKOVSKY FREE 2:39 Read by John Greenman
December 29, 1907 - DINNER TO W. D. HOWELLS 2:19 Read by John Greenman
January 10, 1908 - MARK TWAIN ON BANK PLAN 2:37 Read by John Greenman
January 12, 1908 - MARK TWAIN NOW AFTER COMPLIMENTS & INVITED BY NORDICA 16:12 Read by John Greenman
January 19, 1908 - THE KNICKERBOCKER GETS 2 WEEKS MORE & MARK TWAIN STUNNED [at… 7:36 Read by John Greenman
January 26, 1908 - MARK TWAIN SAILS FOR BERMUDA 0:50 Read by John Greenman
January 30, 1908 - RECEIVER WANTS TO SEE MARK TWAIN 0:53 Read by John Greenman
February 14, 1908 - COLLIE BALLET FOR COLLIER 2:53 Read by John Greenman
February 20, 1908 - AMBASSADOR REID THE PILGRIMS' GUEST 3:59 Read by John Greenman
February 23, 1908 - ROGERS AND TWAIN SAIL 2:42 Read by John Greenman
February 27, 1908 - ANTI-NOISE SOCIETY REVIEWS PROGRESS 6:08 Read by John Greenman
March 1, 1908 - AFTER-DINNER SPEAKERS TELL OW THEY DO IT 24:24 Read by John Greenman
March 18, 1908 - GREAT MEN'S LETTERS SOLD AT AUCTION 5:55 Read by John Greenman
April 14, 1908 - TWAIN AND ROGERS BACK FROM BERMUDA 5:02 Read by John Greenman
April 17, 1908 - NEW PLEA FOR TCHAYKOVSKY 1:00 Read by John Greenman
April 19, 1908 - TWAIN AND MCCARREN MIX WIT WITH ART & MARK TWAIN TELLS ABOUT … 15:17 Read by John Greenman
April 24, 1908 - CHILD ACTORS WARM TO THEIR MARK TWAIN 5:54 Read by John Greenman
May 15, 1908 - JUBILEE DEDICATION FOR CITY COLLEGE & 400 ALUMNI AT THE WALDORF 16:29 Read by John Greenman
May 21, 1908 - MARK TWAIN GIVES THANKS TO THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS 2:51 Read by John Greenman
May 26, 1908 - TWAIN EULOGIZES QUEEN VICTORIA 5:02 Read by John Greenman
June 3, 1908 - BUSINESS TROUBLES - THE PLASMON COMPANY 1:39 Read by John Greenman
June 8, 1908 - DINNER TO CHARLES RANN KENNEDY 0:57 Read by John Greenman
June 9, 1908 - MARK TWAIN GIVES $10 1:52 Read by John Greenman
June 12, 1908 - TWAIN HEADS THEATRE 1:13 Read by John Greenman
June 14, 1908 - TWAIN'S DAUGHTER TALKS ABOUT HIM 6:41 Read by John Greenman
June 27, 1908 - FROM MARK TWAIN TO MRS. CLEVELAND 0:49 Read by John Greenman
July 1, 1908 - MEMORIAL TO T. B. ALDRICH 1:32 Read by John Greenman
August 2, 1908 - EDITOR MOFFETT DIES, STRUGGLING IN SURF 1:29 Read by John Greenman
September 8, 1908 - NEW YORK LOSES MARK TWAIN 2:28 Read by John Greenman
September 19, 1908 - BURGLARS INVADE MARK TWAIN VILLA 5:29 Read by John Greenman
November 6, 1908 - PILGRIMS DINE LORD NORTHCLIFFE 1:49 Read by John Greenman
November 11, 1908 - MARK TWAIN BURGLARS ON TRIAL 1:46 Read by John Greenman
November 12, 1908 - TWAIN BURGLARS SENTENCED 1:16 Read by John Greenman
November 26, 1908 - MARK TWAIN IN MILK PRODUCTS COMPANY 1:01 Read by John Greenman
December 1, 1908 - MARK TWAIN IS 73 0:48 Read by John Greenman
December 21, 1908 - SAVES MISS CLARA CLEMENS 1:57 Read by John Greenman
December 24, 1908 - MARK TWAIN TURNS INTO A CORPORATION 5:34 Read by John Greenman
December 28, 1908 - MARK TWAIN TO RED CROSS 1:33 Read by John Greenman
January 21, 1909 - TWAIN TALKS TO DOCTORS 3:11 Read by John Greenman
March 18, 1909 - CARNEGIE HONORED BY CLUB HE FINANCED & MARK TWAIN’S SECRETARY … 6:06 Read by John Greenman
March 19, 1909 - MARK TWAIN'S SECRETARY A BRIDE 0:51 Read by John Greenman
April 9, 1909 - MARK TWAIN ADDS 150 ACRES TO FARM 1:00 Read by John Greenman
April 14, 1909 - CLARA CLEMENS SINGS 1:31 Read by John Greenman
April 18, 1909 - MARK TWAIN YEARS AGO 2:49 Read by John Greenman
May 1, 1909 - IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? 2:23 Read by John Greenman
May 8, 1909 - JEROME REVIEWS HIS OFFICIAL YEARS 5:20 Read by John Greenman
May 20, 1909 - H. H. ROGERS DEAD 4:19 Read by John Greenman
June 9, 1909 - CAN MARK TWAIN BE A LITERARY PIRATE? 15:44 Read by John Greenman
June 10, 1909 - AN OVERSIGHT - MARK TWAIN & MARK TWAIN'S ALIBI 2:08 Read by John Greenman
June 11, 1909 - TWAIN'S FOOTNOTE LOST 2:47 Read by John Greenman
July 15, 1909 - WANTS MARK TWAIN TO EXPLAIN TO HER 4:23 Read by John Greenman
July 16, 1909 - MRS. ASHCROFT NOT SEEN 1:11 Read by John Greenman
July 28, 1909 - CLEMENS SUIT A SURPRISE 1:44 Read by John Greenman
August 4, 1909 - ASHCROFT ACCUSES MISS CLARA CLEMENS 11:37 Read by John Greenman
August 10, 1909 - END OF CHILDREN'S THEATRE 1:34 Read by John Greenman
September 13, 1909 - MARK TWAIN SUITS ALL OFF 2:41 Read by John Greenman
October 6, 1909 - MISS CLEMENS WEDS TODAY 1:04 Read by John Greenman
October 7, 1909 - MISS CLEMENS WEDS MR. GABRILOWITSCH 7:22 Read by John Greenman
November 6, 1909 - HUMOROUS BOOKS OF RECENT ISSUE [CAPT. STORMFIELD] 2:28 Read by John Greenman
December 2, 1909 - AMERICANS ACTIVE FOR TCHAYKOVSKY 2:47 Read by John Greenman
December 21, 1909 - MARK TWAIN DONE WITH WORK 2:13 Read by John Greenman
December 24, 1909 - TWAIN'S MERRY CHRISTMAS 1:09 Read by John Greenman
December 25, 1909 - MISS JEAN CLEMENS FOUND DEAD IN BATH 11:55 Read by John Greenman
December 26, 1909 - MARK TWAIN BEARS UP WELL & TWAIN MSS (manuscripts) IN DEMAND 3:46 Read by John Greenman