The MMGEE Weekly Record on Comet Sightings and Nevada Lands
The issue discusses why the comet appeared dull due to sodium content, forecasting its visibility and urging patience for future observations. It notes Nevada land sales under a 1880 law, land office activity in Roop, Eiko, and Lincoln counties, and profits for the School Fund. It cites Mint Director Burchard’s report on gold and silver production and ends with notes from Austin Reveille about graves in Austin and a peculiar digression on fat chemistry.
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State of Nevada
Roop
Eiko
Lincoln
Paradise Valley
Fassett
Reno Journal
Lave
United States
Burchard
Mint
Arcadian Podhilians described by Le Bon in Galicia
A report to the French Geographical Society by Dr. Le Bon paints the Podhalian people of the Tatras as hardy, content, and physically vigorous. They live on goat milk whey for months, prize simplicity over luxury, and produce poetry and music as improvised art. The piece contrasts their austere diet and health with broader European life.
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le Bon
Podhaliana
Tatras
Europe
Podhaliang
Dr. le Bon
Busy Nevada frontier notices and mine updates
The Elko post office has been established at Barrett with James F. Barrett as postmaster. Reports from Elko Aurora and Virginia City detail juries, mine progress, and a safer mail schedule. The Manhattan mill yields rich ore, while dangers from surface ore looms. A doctor suffers a fall but escapes serious injury. miners face temptations and discipline challenges across multiple mines.
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Barrett
Nye County
James F. Barrett
Dayton
Spiders in Wandering Cave Nearby Buena Vista
A cave near Buena Vista Val contains enormous spiders whose webs are nearly unbreakable. Reports note discovery last December by sight-seekers and describe the spider size, the eerie humming of their weaving, and the cave’s strange inhabitants.
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Buena Vista
Val
Bouton Pont
Everyday philosopher mage and the stranger in San Antonio
A fragmentary reflection on laughter and sympathy contrasts a cold smiling man with a hearty social climber. It mentions a stranger, a newspaper supplement listing delinquent taxpayers, and an editor's remark about a clergyman. The piece ends with a garbled note about a compositor and a row.
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San Antonio
We Sentinel
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