You guys are so skillful and awesome you helped me without saying a word!
After looking around at
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/477/how-do-i-automatically-save-org-mode-buffers
I just added a third hook,
(add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook 'org-save-all-org-buffers)
I'll mark this solve
Me again. Let me try to provide a bit more info. I'm using xdotool to call
"emacsclient -c -e '(org-capture)'". In my init.el, I have both
(add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook 'make-frame)
and
(add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook 'delete-frame)
my capture template writes to, say, "beans.org."
I swoop in
