July 14 Thursday – James W. Paige per Charles Van Schuyver wrote to Sam, having received his of July 12. Paige had just consulted with H.W. Beadle, patent lawyer on a patent claim, who said they had “a very effective case…we were the first to employ an auxiliary type-driver” [MTP].

Keokuk Board of Health sent Sam printed vital statistics for the city ending June 30, 1887 [MTP].

Robert J. Burdette wrote from Byrn Mawr, Penn. to Sam gluing a clipping of Dr. William M. Gibson’s death, the man “said to be the doctor Mark Twain writes about in his “Innocents Abroad.” Robert added to the black-bordered card, “Yes, pard; you see he’s dead again — ” and drew a man staring at cemetery headstones above the clipping. Gibson reportedly spent $100,000 on his own monument.

Mollie Clemens wrote to Sam and Livy, thanking them for their “generous remittances,” that “lifts a larger proportion of my lifes cares from me….” Mollie told more stories of Ma’s senility [MTP].

Check #  Payee  Amount  [Notes]

3787  Mr. W.M. Clark  7.00