May 15 Monday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “I’m anxious about the Aeolion. It doesn’t come and there is no word from it. Every day Mr. Clemens sends telegrams telling of C.C’s condition. Every day it has improved” [MTP TS 57]. Note: the referred to telegrams are not extant, but when Lyon gives specifics of Clara’s condition it is clear she has rec’d word from Clemens.

The New York Times, p. 9, “Merciful Mark Twain Writes to Maimed Girl” article printed Sam’s Feb. 15 letter to Miss Madeline Sinsheimer, invalid as a result of a 1903 Clifton grade crossing accident. “Miss Sinsheimer will never fully recover from the effects of her injuries, and was removed Thursday from her home…to the Orthopedic Hospital in Philadelphia.” Note: the MTP/O seems to prefer the spelling “Madeleine.”