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The New York Times, June 3, 1908

BUSINESS TROUBLES
THE PLASMON COMPANY OF AMERICA.

Another set of schedules of the Plasmon Company of America, manufacturer of food products, 59 Pearl Street, of which Mark Twain was acting President, was filed yesterday by R. D. Hanna, Secretary. They show liabilities of $17,347 and assets of $4,173, consisting of stock, $1,500; cash in Knickerbocker Trust Company, $819; office furniture, $700; machinery and tools, $1,000, and accounts, $154. In addition to these assets there are unliquidated claims for damages to the goodwill of the business against S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain) fro $25,000 and R. W. Ashcroft for $5,000. The schedules filed several weeks ago showed liabilities of $26,843 and assets $1,395.

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