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Day in the Life

Aug 14, 1896

Journal Entry

August 14, 1896 ~ Friday

13 I rode to the office got something for home I got $500
for my Journey ^[FIGURES]^ I wrote A Badlam a Letter in
1849 from Cambridgeport to San francisco That 3 pages
of manuscript made 9 Pages in Type writing F M Lyman
found that Letter among his Fathers papers it contained
News from almost all over the World Cholary through
the U.S. & Terrible fires through the World I am
Now Preparing to leave for Portland & San Francisco.

myself and wife Emma President George Q Cannon
and wife Caroline and my son Asahel H Woodruff
left the city on the Union Pacific Railroad at 7 o'clock
p.m. for Portland. On the cars we found there had
been some mistake made about our transportation
Asahel was supposed to have got the tickets, but
we found that nothing had been said to him about
them, and Prest Cannon had no ticket for Asahel.

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Badlam, Alexander, b. 1808
28 Nov 1808 - 1 Dec 1894
99 mentions
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
652 mentions
Family
12 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
876 mentions
Family
Lyman, Francis Marion
12 Jan 1840 - 16 Nov 1916
240 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
1968 mentions
Apostle

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Letter from William Edward Rydalch and Elias Smith Woodruff, 14 August 1896
Vanceburg, Ky. . Pres. Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dear Brother:- Please accept, with the love of the brethren the photograph of the laborers in the West Virginia Conference, The operator will send the photograph. Praying the Lord to ever bless and prosper you and yours and Keep you yet many years on earth, we are Your Brethren in the Gospel, W. E. Rydalch Pres. Elias S. Woodruff, Clerk, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Ky.
Letter from William Moroni Palmer, 14 August 1896
[end of sideways text] Aurora Utah Aug 14 [18]96 To the Presidency C O J C of L D S my dear brethern Your very much appreciated letter incloseing my note for $100 00 at hand. To express my grat- tude is past the power of pen or words to es to give expression to my fealings. A thousand thanks and may I ever be found faithfull to the cause of truth and helping to establish the rights of the holy priesthood on the earth, which rights I never yet have questioned under no circum- stances, for I know they are from God. I have been much wared a bout the payment

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Aug 14, 1896