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Clear and much cooler -- 70 degrees -- About town -- Evening Opera House -- Big speech of William Woodburn, Republican candidate for Congress -- 2 hours -- I was on the stage reporting for myself -- Bed at 2 -- Woodburn had a big, well-enthused audience, and made a splendid well-applauded speech -- Silver State Band of 10 pieces, bonfires on the streets, etc --
Sunday October 2
Same. About town as usual -- Bed 12 --
Monday Oct 3
Cloudy but pleasant -- About town as usual -- Evening took supper at Jack Plant's residence, with he & family, sang songs & had pleasant time -- Then went to Theater -- Georgie Woodthorpe Company engagement of a week -- Play tonight was "Little Lord Fauntleroy," with Georgie Cooper in the title role -- A wonderful juvenile actor, & good troupe -- Bed 1
My Comstock Report for U S Mint Centennial Assessment 1 cent
Tuesday Oct 4
Cloudy -- PM windy & threatening -- cleared off moderate in the evening -- About town -- Evening penciled off a letter to J P Jones -- Bed at 12 -- Got letter from T R Hofer, Supt Carson Mint, today saying he had rec'd communication from Director of the Mint Washington asking what I would complete my Comstock tabular report to date for. My lowest figures called for --
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Wednesday Oct 5
Cloudy, PM good shower of rain laid the dust to muddiness & made me feel a whole lot better in hay fever -- Getting over it some -- anyhow -- I constituted by myself and James, a meeting of the Centennial Gold Gravel M C this PM and levied asst of 1 cent per share -- Was at Enterprise and to bed at 2 --
Showery -- Charley Noe leaves -- At Carson -- More Rain
Thursday Oct 6
Same -- Big showers about sunset -- muddy -- I about as usual -- Evening Enterprise -- Bed 1 --
Friday Oct 7
Same -- Big showers occasionally AM & PM -- About town -- Bed 12 -- Charley Noe left this evening for Idaho.
Saturday Oct 8
Cloudy but pleasant -- Went to Carson on morning train & returned on evening -- Met Hofer, Supt of Carson Mint, & agreed to complete my government Comstock report to present year -- two years -- for $100 -- He will so inform Mr Leech, the Director of the Mint at Washington -- Was about town some -- Evening at Enterprise -- Wrote 1/2 column of "Carson Observations" -- read proof -- Bed at 1:30 -- Commencing to rain -- Telegraph says raining big over in California --
Autumn Weather -- Hay fever off -- Stock Boom off Cen Vandervoort Talks
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Sunday Oct 9
Cloudy & cool -- PM attended regular monthly meeting of the Exempts -- Bed at 12 -- Autumn weather Hay fever leaving me -- sore eyes, yet and some cough, but getting all right -- Boom in stox considerably declined & declining --
Monday Oct 10
Same -- First white frost of the season this morning -- I was about town as usual -- Evening at Opera House -- Gen Paul Vandervoort Ex-Chief Commander of the G.A.R. addressed a big audience on the political situation, Silver or peoples Party standpoint -- Talked an hour -- 20 minutes -- Good speaker but he simply asserted and declaimed, without argument -- Silver Quartette, 2 gents & 2 ladies from Reno sang several campaign songs, rather poorly -- Stewart was announced to speak, but wasn't there -- I was at Enterprise afterward -- Bed at 1:30 -- Cloudy.
Comstock Report -- Ice -- Cold Weather -- Letter to Jones Secys Grey and Stoddard -- Furious Wind
Tuesday Oct 11
Clear & cold -- Sent by mail a letter to T R Hofer of the Carson Mint asking about my new contract on Comstock report -- Bed 1 --
Wednesday Oct 12
Same -- Ice formed all about town last night and this morning -- PM wrote out my four page letter to Hon John P Jones, Hoffman House, New York City, New York, but was too late for mail. Evening about town -- Bed at 12 -- Sharp, freezing night --
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Thursday Oct 13
Clear & cold with ice in the morning, Was about as usual -- Wrote & sent letters to wife, State Secy Grey and Secretary C H Stoddard of the State ( ) Society Reno -- Stewart made his big speech in Gold Hill this evening -- Many from here to hear it -- Bed 1 -- My four page letter to Jones went by this evening's mail. Very windy night -- so furious at times as to do considerable damage about town --
Cold Snap -- 1st snow -- Bartine -- Clean clothes & coat
Friday Oct 14
Clear & cold -- About town as usual -- Bed 12 -- 35 degrees
Saturday Oct 15
Cloudy & cold with frequent light spits of snow, one of which in the evening whitened the ground. The hills around here were a little white from the same cause -- 1st snow of the season. Bed at 12 -- clear & cold -- H F Bartine, candidate for U S Senator successor to Stewart spoke at the Opera House this evening to big audience -- I was on the stage -- Got my clothes from Marshall the nigger clothes repairer etc this evening -- Been there nearly a year -- Coat, overcoat & vest -- Bill $8 -- promised to pay the 1st of the coming month --
Sunday Oct 16
Same -- Wintry -- Evening about an inch of snow fell -- I was about town as usual -- Bed 12 -- Clear & very cold --
J P Jones -- 2 inches of Snow -- Newlands and Wren G H Runaway -- Letter to Father Tubeman -- freezing -- Fred Clough
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Monday Oct 17
Cloudy & cold -- About 2 inches of snow on the ground this morning -- PM wrote & mailed another letter to J P Jones, Hoffman House, New York City. Also letter to wife -- Evening about town -- Bed 12 -- Clear & cold --
Tuesday Oct 18
Clear cool & pleasant -- About as usual -- Evening at Opera House -- Frank Newlands and Thos Wren spoke on the political situation -- Newlands one hour & a half and Wren one hour -- Big house -- After that Newlands took a run of the town -- Hooped her up -- I saw some of it -- Bed at 2:30 --
Wednesday Oct 19
Same -- Bed 1 -- Freezing hard last night & tonight -- This PM wrote a letter for Kelly to Father Tubeman about 2 young girls, etc -- Met Fred Clough, this evening, just returned from California -- made item in Enterprise --
J P Jones -- Nicholls -- Wife -- Freezing Nights Centennial Shut down
Thursday Oct 20
Clear cold & pleasant -- About as usual -- Wrote and mailed letters to wife, Nicholls, and J P Jones --
Friday Oct 21
Same -- Columbus Day -- Big celebration of 400th anniversary of his discovery of America -- Best celebration I ever saw on the Comstock -- 2000 in the procession -- 1400 school children, Va & Gold Hill -- Simply grand and phenomenal -- Exercises at
