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Oct 31, 1896

Journal Entry

October 31, 1896 ~ Saturday

31 I took cars with Mrs Woodruff for Nephi when
we got to the point of the Mountain 3 train of cars was
stoped for one hour waiting for Wm H King who
came to Late to get the cars He overslept himself
And all the train of cars were stoped waiting
for him & when He arived He ownly rode 2 o[r] 3 Miles
before He got off & went another way this was vary strange


Thing that 3 trains should be stoped for an hour
for a political Man to come & get on the cars &
ownly rode 2 Miles we Did not reach Nephi untill Noon
I met with the conference in the Meeting House at 2 oclok
several of the Brethren spoke for near an hour then I spoke
about an hour I als[o] attended the Priesthood Meeting in
the Evening & spoke 50 Minutes, & had a good Meeting

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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
876 mentions
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King, William Henry
3 Jun 1863 - 27 Nov 1949
9 mentions

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Letter from Thomas Edwin Ricks, 31 October 1896
President Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Utah Dear Brother, Your kind favor of 28th inst. to hand. In the matter ofthe purported circulation of certain literature inimical tothe interests ofthe election of Fred T. Dubois tothe U.S. Senate. will say that we have not heard the first mention from any source whatever of such being done. We approve of all the counsel given in your letter and have been and are working onthese lines With kind regards I am Your Brother inthe Gospel T E Ricks

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Wilford changes fast day from the first Thursday to the first Sunday of each month.

Oct 31, 1896