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Day in the Life

Mar 5, 1897

Journal Entry

March 05, 1897 ~ Friday

5 I spent most of the day in the office I was taken quite sick
I lay down I was administered to by my councillors I felt
better but soon went home I was visited by Madam
Lydia Von Finkelstein Mountfred. She gave me a history
of her Father who was a Russion but a great Man in his
day He and his family claimed to have been descended
from Ephraim He had a great amount of followers He
lost his life aparrently by visiting a Man with cholery
who died while He was wasith him & He went home & died with
it himself Madam Mountford gave quite a History of herself

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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Letter from Alma Williams, 5 March 1897

Hyrum . Prest. Wilford Woodruff, Dear Brother— I received Yours of Mar. 2nd And contents noted. And will say that I will respond to the call, And by the help of the Lord will be ready on that date Apr. 17, 1897. Your Brother Alma Williams Hyrum Utah.

Telegram from Lydia Mary Olive Mountford, 5 March 1897

Received at 73 Main St., next Deseret Bank, Salt Lake City, at 2:32 Pm. Dated, Logan Ut 5 To Prest. W. Wooduruff Am staying Salt Lake to-night can I have interview with you this evening, send reply to meet me on arrival at Templeton Hotel. Madam Mountford. BE SURE YOU ANSWER BY THIS LINE. [sideways text] SEE OFFICE ADDRESS ON THIS MESSAGE. [end of sideways text]

Letter to the Postmaster General, 5 March 1897

To the Postmaster General Washigton D. C. Dear Sir The term of office of the present incumbent of the Postmas- tership of this City will expire during your term. Many good men in this City have made an ef- fort to secure the appointment. Among the number Mr George A Smith, a native of our soil, and a descendant of the pioneers, has made application. I regard him as in every way fully compe- tent to discharge the duties of that office. He is a strictly tem- perate man, thoroughly schooled in business, industrious moral and honest. You could not do better in selecting a man to fill that important place than to appoint Mr Smith. He is backed

Letter to William McKinley, 5 March 1897

To the President, William McKinley, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Having been informed that George A. Smith desires an appoint- ment to a public office under your administration, I desire to commend him to your consideration for any place he may wish to secure. He comes of an old Whig stock who are among the founders of our commonwealth. He is a sober industrious man, fully qualified by his business education and active business life for any position. He is honest, truthful and moral, can secure the endorsement of most citizens of our State. He is devoted to Republicanism and its spread, and while many fell away in the last campaign he was true to your candidacy and did all in his power to check the rising tide in favor of Democracy. I commend him to you as competent and thorough in every way. Respectfully yours, Wilford Woodruff

Letter from Eliza Snow Smith Rogers, 5 March 1897

Pesident Wilford Woodruff. Salt Lake City Utah. Dear Sir. Parden the liberty I take in writing to you. But I have thought the matter over seriously and have come to the conclusion that this is the best plan. We have lived in Arizona since January 16th 1879 We have lived on a dry hill all that time. In the first place four or five men of fathers company drawed for some lots, and it happen- ed that we got this one. It would have been a very desireable place if the water had been brought up on the plateau. But they made the ditch around the edge of the hill and left us out high and dry We have worked hard very hard indeed in this country to make a home, but we have only a log room and a smaller room added on, that is all we have had untill last Summer we had the walls of a brick house with theree rooms laid

Letter from Joseph Francis Thomas, 5 March 1897

MANASSA, COLO., President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother: After so long a time spent in trying to get myself ready to start on my suggested mission—battling with sickness in my family. (losing two little boys with diphtheria) trying in the meantime to arrange my business and suffering many hindrances besides and later being disabled by rheumatism for about two months from which I am now nearly well. I realize that from a financial stand point I am not much nearer ready than I was three or four months ago. I have decided, however to trust in the Lord to overrule; and to assist me—and I will en- deavor to start with the Company of Elders leaving for missions after the April Conference Kindly advise me of the date when they will start, and let your prayers and those of your brethren go up to the Lord in my behalf. Your Brother Joseph F. Thomas

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April 1897
Publication of Conference Report begins (replaced by Ensign Conference issue starting in 1965).

Mar 5, 1897