July 21, 1896 ~ Tuesday

July 21, 1896
I spent the day in the office A vary busy day Hugh Cannon Arived from the Nevada Mines I met with a good Many
During the day I was sick through the night

July 22, 1896 ~ Wednesday

22 I was sick to day & did not go to the office It is raining

July 23, 1896 ~ Thursday

23 I went to the Office we met in the Temple till
12 oclock then returned to the office & met Frank J
Cannon & talked over business meeting

July 24, 1896 ~ Friday

24 IThe Pioneer Day I went to Granite with Emma
& looked over Affairs there & returned home was
quite weary Moses Thatcher & wife called
upon me & talked about 30 Minutes about A H Cannons
funeral & about his sickness and other things

July 25, 1896 ~ Saturday

25 I spent the day at home resting

July 26, 1896 ~ Sunday

26 Sunday This is the day of the funeral of the Apostle
Abram H Cannon, Emma & myself went to the House A
Little befor 11 oclok we viewed the body & most of the
Twelve came Several Hundred people came The corps
looked vary Plesant at one oclok the procession
started for the Tabernacle & Arived about 2 oclok & we
found the Tabernacle crouded to the fullest capacity The
ceremonies & Procession witnessed by Tens of thousands
The Decorations at the Great Tabernacle was most
Beautiful & Elaberate & Appropriate All the Stands were
draped in white crepe looped with cord & tassel in the
Most Graceful Design *seats were prepard not ownly
for the family but for Boards of the various societies with
which He Stood connected W Woodruff J F Smith and

July 21, 1896 ~ Tuesday

July 21, 1896 I spent the day in the office A vary busy day Hugh Cannon Arived from the Nevada Mines I met with a good Many During the day I was sick through the night

July 22, 1896 ~ Wednesday

22 I was sick to day & did not go to the office It is raining

July 23, 1896 ~ Thursday

23 I went to the Office we met in the Temple till 12 oclock then returned to the office & met Frank J Cannon & talked over business meeting

July 24, 1896 ~ Friday

24The Pioneer Day I went to Granite with Emma & looked over Affairs there & returned home was quite weary Moses Thatcher & wife called upon me & talked about 30 Minutes about A H Cannons funeral & about his sickness and other things

July 25, 1896 ~ Saturday

25 I spent the day at home resting

July 26, 1896 ~ Sunday

26 Sunday This is the day of the funeral of the Apostle Abram H Cannon, Emma & myself went to the House A Little befor 11 oclok we viewed the body & most of the Twelve came Several Hundred people came The corps looked vary Plesant at one oclok the procession started for the Tabernacle & Arived about 2 oclok & we found the Tabernacle crouded to the fullest capacity The ceremonies & Procession witnessed by Tens of thousands The Decorations at the Great Tabernacle was most Beautiful & Elaberate & Appropriate All the Stands were draped in white crepe looped with cord & tassel in the Most Graceful Design *seats were prepard not ownly for the family but for Boards of the various societies with which He Stood connected W Woodruff J F Smith and