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Thursday Aug 5

Same -- Sell Bros great Circus and Menagerie came this morning from Reno where they showed yesterday PM & last evening -- PM I got 2 tickets at Enterprise office and took Harry Johns with me to circus -- Big street parade -- Heard the Calliope for the 1st time -- Dreadful music -- scary to all decent animals -- Pretty good show -- Evening had biggest house -- About 6,000 people -- Tent as big as Barrett's last year, & all the seats jam full -- About 12:30 George Skelding came up in office to see me, & we went across to Mika Flynn's & had a drink together -- He came up from Reno this evening & left with the circus tonight for Carson where it shows tomorrow -- Bed at 4 --

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Friday Aug 6

Same -- Mining day -- Bed 3 --

Saturday Aug 7

PM cloudly & a little cooler -- Been 84 & 86 deg for some days past -- Very hot weather for this locality -- Bed 2:30 --

Sunday Aug 8

Clear & pleasant -- A little cooler -- Went to Reno on morning train & arr at 11:35 -- All right -- PM at home -- Bessie had a trapeze show in the woodshed with a dummy acrobat, the other kids and myself as audience -- This comes of their going to