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I at Reno & back Catarrh 1st

Monday Sept 14

Clear & pretty warm -- Breakfast -- Wife & Bessie went with me to train -- Va at 10 -- Work as usual -- Bed at 3 --

Tuesday Sept 15

The same -- Bed at 3 -- I felt today the first nose plugging symptoms of ny annual catarrh -- my eyes have been getting sore for about a week -- Today, the 15th or middle of Sept is the very day for the catarrh or hay fever to start in for my annual dose --

J W Paige Mark Twain A L Bancroft & Co

Wednesday Sept 16

Same -- Bed 2:30

Thursday Sept 17

Same -- Wrote & mailed letter to Sam Clemens Mark "Twain" Hartford Conn, & one to James W Paige No 13, Haynes at Harford Conn -- With them I mailed a package to Paige of minerals -- Comstock ore from Hale & Norcross mine, Ruby silver from Austin, Aluminium ore & pieces of the metal, Stephanite from Austin -- Tourmaline and a piece of the [bogus?] "tin ore" from Antelope Valley , [Moore?] County California -- Postage 19 cents -- Bed at 2 --

Friday Sept 18

Same -- As usual -- Bed 2 -- Received Dunning leffer from A L Bancroft & Co San F