February 13 Thursday – Sam and Livy intended to return home this day but Livy “got hit with tonsillitis” and was under the care of Dr. Rice (see Feb. 16 to Crane; also MTNJ 3: 539n175).

A. W. Lang wrote from Hartford to ask Sam to buy shares in a local baseball publication. Whitmore wrote on the letter: “Answered Feb. 18th – Don’t care to subscribe. FGW for SLC” [MTP].

Robert Donald for London Star wrote to Sam:

You may remember that I had a talk with you concerning the Page [sic] Compositor about two months ago, which I called on you for the Pall Mall Gazette. I told Mr. T.P. O’Connor, the Editor of this paper, about the Page [Paige] and destroyed his enthusiasm for the Linotype. He is now yearning for more information…[Note: Sam wrote, “Write him about the Paige” on the envelope] [MTP].