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Show STORES and other places of business were closed yesterday in Cedar City out of respect to the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the day having only recently been designated as a legal national holiday. The name of Lincoln is revered by all true Americans, and his life stands out as a shining example to the American Amer-ican youth of each succeeding generation. His sterling sterl-ing characteristics of honesty, courage, generosity, sympathy and far-sightedness stamps him as one of our greatest national characters. The American people peo-ple owe him a debt of gratitude for the preservation of the Union of States in its entirity, and for the wise example and counsel left them as a heritage. God bless and sanctify the name of Abraham Lincoln. |