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party -- selct & invited -- Tom was presented with a fine, gold headed cane by the

Tommy Boothe Senoff
"Long Brown" suicides

telegraph employees, here -- He has been manager of the tenegraph here for some years past and is now promoted to the management of the office at Ogden, leaving for there tomorrow evening -- Bed 2 -- James A Brown, an old sport generally known as "Long Brown," committed suicide today -- He was a tall, slim, gentlemanly man sandy complectioned*, quiet -- [next few lines erased] -- getting painfully around on cruteches -- could do nothing and had no money, and was going from bad to worse -- so he thought he had better die, so he took morphine successfully.

Oramel evans' ante-mortem obituary

Saturday Aug 13

Same -- Morning at 10 met Oramel evans, a well known old resident Comstocker and complied with his oft repeated request during the last 2 or 3 wks to take items, for his obituary as he was liable to die at most any time -- Suffering from paralysis, old age & general debility, etc -- Wants to be buried in the Pioneers' cemetary -- I agreed to it as President of the Pioneers and he seemed to feel relieved -- First time I ever wrote a genuine ante mortem obituary dictated by the subject thereof, personally -- PM rode to Gold Hill on the 'bus & back -- Went to Crown Point office & had short interview with Sam Jones about our Chollar proposition --

Bob Marshall's Obituary Tommy Booth's departure

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