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Tuesday Nov 30

Same -- Home on morning train -- Cohen got George Warren, local of the Chronicle to localize in my place last night -- George owes me $17.50 for last 5 years, so he let the $5 for his services go on that old account -- Worked as usual today -- The great Stock excitement ran highest yet today -- Con Cal & Va touching $40 & all others up in proportion -- Streets full of excited folks & sidewalks crowded -- Bed 2 -- First time I failed altogether to connect with Enterprise personally -- Bed at 3:30 -- Big Stock Boom Frankel Busted!!! 1886

Wednesday December 1. 1886

Clear & very pleasant -- is usual -- the big stock boom -- continues -- unabated and stronger than ever -- Work as usual -- Bed at 2:30 --

Thursday Dec 2

Same -- Stocks got a little set back today for 1st time by reason of the failure of L B Frankel -- stock brokers of this city, & other broker firms in San Francisco -- Frankel failed for about a million -- Has been short of stocks, not purchasing & filling orders during the present boom -- couldn't either buy or sell so had to bust -- great excitement -- The Frankels filed petition in insolvenay with list of creditors & skipped out for San Francisco -- Bed at 2 --

Result of my ore working $96.88
The Dalys in "Vacation"

Friday Dec 3