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In 1853 Orion Clemens became co-editor and co-owner of the Muscatine Journal. With his mother, Jane, and his youngest brother, Henry, he lived on the east side of Walnut Street at the alley corner. His brother, Sam, then age 18, joined the family in 1854 and worked as a printer and reporter for the Journal. Later Sam became world famous as “Mark Twain.”
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