Day in the Life

Apr 16, 1897

Journal Entry

April 16, 1897 ~ Friday

April 16th I slept from midnight to 735 am, some 5 1/2 hours. I ate some
bread & shrimps & a cup of cacao for breakfast. Prest Geo Q Cannon called & we
talked of matters at the office. I dressed, walked out and directed in the pruning
of some fruit trees with Bro Nuttall for over an hour. I then rested & slept over
an hour. in the afternoon I directed the planting of some Strawberry plants

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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
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Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905

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Letter from George A. Welling, 16 April 1897
Garland . Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Dear Bro— I accept the call to the Northern State's Mission and will report at His- torian's office as required on May 5th Very Resp. G. A. Welling
Letter from Edwin Murray Greene, 16 April 1897
President Wilford Woodruff; Dear Brother: In reply to yours of this date, calling me on a mission to the Eastern States, I will say, my feelings are to comply with every call made upon me by the servants of God. I will endeavor to be ready at the time appointed. Your brother in the Gospel, Edwin M. Greene. George Romney Bp 20th Ward

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

Apr 16, 1897