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Day in the Life

May 3, 1897

Journal Entry

May 03, 1897 ~ Monday

May 3rd I slept 5 1/4 hours from midnight to 615. Washed & dressed ate breakfast.
walked out, arranged for having the Bovee potato sills moved & transplanted also
some strawberry plants out of a portion of the garden where it is intended
Joseph Daynes will build a house this summer. I left home for the office at
915, attended to my labors there and returned home at 430 Bro Russell
called on his Temple work took supper with us & stayed an hour. Prest Geo. Q.
Cannon left the city for Washington, D.C. this morning. he expects to be
gone about 2 weeks. After going to bed I slept 2 hours.

People

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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2224 mentions
Apostle
Daynes, Joseph John (Jr.)
7 Nov 1873 - 19 Sep 1963
22 mentions
Family

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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Washington, D.C., United States

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Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898

Cash from Jaques valley House 250

Letter from Hyrum Gulbrand Olsen, 3 May 1897

Salt Lake City President Woodruff Dear Brother Yours of the 28 I received and can say that I will be redy and leve here on the 10 of July next. Your Brother in the Gospell Hyrum Olsen This is to certify that ^Elder^ Hyrum Olsen Is a member of the Eighteenth ward In full Fellowship, and Reocommentd him worthy to go on a mission Robert Patrick Acting Bishop

Letter from Elijah Mayhew, 3 May 1897

Pleasant Grove Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother I will accept the call to take a mission But would prefer going to the southern States My reasons for this are a few years ago I had the pneumonia in winter I am troubled with colds one my lungs last winter for two months I could hardly speak I beleave the southern clyimate would help me I will try and be ready by Oct 21 [18]97 Your Brother in the gospel Elijah Mayhew Joseph E Thorne Bishop of Pleasant Grove 1st ward All right. Let it be Oct. 21st. J. F. S.

Letter from William John Hill, 3 May 1897

Mt Sterling To the First Presidency of the Church Dear Brethren We desire to call your attention to your Letter Dated May 23th 1896 with regard to the appropriation towards our New meeting House we are now using the House it is completed except Painting and at our ward Conference we had the House Dedicated But we are Still involved we Now appeal to you for th $20000 for the year 1897 We remain Your Brethren Wm J Hill Bishop

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

May 3, 1897