October 21 Tuesday – Orion Clemens wrote to Sam:

Our poor dear mother is losing ground. She has almost quit eating and hs long alternations of sleeping and restlessness…weakness increases. We are trying a few drops of King’s cure for consumption for her cough. [Orion included a few pages of history for Sam’s game] [MTP].

James A. Ford wrote from Sioux City, Iowa asking Sam to use the Single Tax as the basis for a book [MTP].

A.P. Freund wrote from Chicago asking Sam to use the Single Tax (land question) as the basis for a book [MTP].

Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam estimating it would now take four months “for us to have the ‘L.A.L’ on a paying basis.” He included a financial summary, estimating it would take 2,905 books a month, or 112 a day “to cover all expenses, etc.”; assets and liabilities were summarized [MTP].