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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1877
Page
1
A fragmentary note references a work by Mathur spe with a 55 mark and a forwards tilt paid for. The readable text is limited and lacks clear events, dates, or entities beyond the author and a numeric symbol.
The article describes multiple detachments under Lieut Wheeler and associates planned for surveying and geological work across Nevada, California, Oregon, and Sierra Nevada regions. It details personnel roles including cartographers, topographers, meteorologists, and a naturalist, with routes from American Flat to Pyramid Lake and Lake Tahoe areas, aiming to survey about 10,000 square miles this season.
Ward Belles reports a pale of placer gold near Jeff Devin on a water slope. The text notes a lake of limited size and the need for a dam to harness water for mining. Experts deem the venture potentially profitable with costs estimated from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars.
The Pioghe Weekly Record details the survivors of the Mountain Meadow Massacre, naming seventeen children identified by first names or nicknames and noting their rescue or relocation. Dr. Forney supervised removal from Salt Lake to Fort Leavenworth, with children sent to Missouri and Arkansas, while some remained with relatives in Utah.
A garbled tale from The San Francisco Post recounts a curious vignette about grandfathers, their claimed utility, and boisterous reactions among families and officials. The piece blends humor with a chaotic sequence featuring a Turkish consul, indignant crowds, and a bawdy aside about courting and marriage, all conveyed in a rambling, satirical voice.
A Hartford Courant clipping recounts a tale from Andrew Jackson's era involving a clerkship appointee who refused to pay a board bill. Jackson instructs the keeper to present the note to the Bank of the Metropolis, promising payment at maturity through the endorser or drawer. The bank discounts the note, and payment arrives. The fragment closes with a domestic scene of a child learning words from a dictionary, ending in the line a woman is an intricate conundrum.
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