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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.

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Daynes, Joseph John (Jr.)
7 Nov 1873 - 19 Sep 1963
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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 on 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 21st [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 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 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 Fellowshp, and Reocommentd him worthy to go on a Mission Robert Patrick Acting Bishop

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

May 3, 1897