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they took lunch, transferred their outfit to the back of the little Jennet and took the grade and trail into the Sierra -- wife drove back home alone & left mare & buckboard at stable -- made 25 miles or more -- Verdi is 11 miles from Reno -- Boys don't know how long they will be gone, or exactly where they will go -- I was down town some hours -- Comstock May payroll: $53,955, $3,000 less than April -- Supt Jewett Adams improving -- sits up -- State Orphan's Home management at Carson being investigated -- scandalous charges brought by Day, a discharged [employe?] -- Bed 11 --

GR Paynter -- Morry and Schley -- 1898
Invasion of Cuba and Investment of Santiago
Oregon State Election Gone Republican Big !!!
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Monday June 6

Clear, warm, & pleasant -- PM I wrote 3 page letter to George R Paynter, BIg Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, California -- Also wrote article for Journal, entitled: Morro and Schley, relating to pronunciation, spelling, and meaning of those names. Took it to Journal office and at 10 went there & read proof -- The invasion of Cuba goes on with a rush, large bodies of troops being landed on the east end, near Santiago -- The 3,000 insurgent troops in conjunction -- Heavy siege guns landed, will bombard Spanish fleet from the hills -- while American fleet destroys the fortresses at entrance of harbor -- The city of Santiago will also be shelled if necessary -- Big battles expected at any moment -- Evening cloudy, with one