Day in the Life

Dec 21, 1891

Journal Entry

December 21, 1891 ~ Monday

Dec 21, 1891
Monday Nearly all the family are sick my Lungs are
still vary bad Emma is sick & nearly all the children

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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
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Letter from Gustav W. Carlson, 21 December 1891
Salem Presd Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother, will say in relation to the inquiry concerning a mission, I am fifty five years of age, and slow of speech, am somewhat in- volved. Would like more time to arrange matters, say till April, 1892. I am willing to do what I can by way of forwarding the work of the Lord, and, if can do more abroad than at home, if it is the will of the Lord then I am willing to do the best I can with kind regards I remain your Brother in the gospel of peace Gustav. W. Carlson David. R. Taylor Bishop. All right. J. F. S.
Letter from John Brooks Wasden, 21 December 1891
To Prest Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother Possiably you will remember me leaving Salt Lake City on Aug 2nd of this present year bound for Mixico ariveing at Deming N. M. I got a conveyance and went over into Mexico and was there advised to try to get work on the Railroad or wherever I could as a failure in the present season's crops would make it very bad for a large family like mine to do anything there for a while yet. therefore by hard squeezeing I got to this place about a month ago. I have talked to Prest Layton about my circumstances He says that I have got exactly at the right place there is plenty of good land and water to be had here cfheap I have strugled hard for the past four months working at anything that I could find to do labor being very scarce and wages so low that if we had not pedled off our bed clothes and other clothing we would not have had bread. the great

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November 6, 1891
Wilford decides temple recommends will be signed by Bishops and Stake leaders only, not by Church president.

Dec 21, 1891