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Day in the Life

May 31, 1897

Journal Entry

May 31, 1897 ~ Monday

May 31st. I slept comfortably and arose at 7:30 am. We learn
that Bro Grant passed a good night, had rested well. after breakfast
This is Decoration day and a general holiday. after breakfast
Emma & Blanch accompanied me in the carriage. We called at
Clara's & then to the cemetery where the flowers were spread
over the graves of our loved ones. We drove through the grounds, thence
to Claras & to the office for a few minutes & then home. I laid down &

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slept for over an hour. After my dinner I signed some 60 Drafts in the
Liverpool office draft book, afterwards I rested & slept some. at 9 oclok
we received a telephone message that Bro. Grant was improving fast
I slept fairly well after going to bed.

People

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Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
412 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
988 mentions
Family
Grant, Heber Jeddy
22 Nov 1856 - 14 May 1945
269 mentions
Apostle
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
271 mentions
Family

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

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Letter from Eli Sprague, 31 May 1897

Hunts vill . President Wilford Woodruff Dear Salt Lake Dear Brother Yourse off 27 cameto hand and the Field off Labor that is assind to me meets my mind and with the help of God I will doo his will and try and bee usefull in this C[h]urch. Without the help off God I will not bee able to doo aney good. I remain yours in the Gospel Eli Sprague David McKay, Bp.

Letter from Ephraim Ricks, 31 May 1897

Idaho Wilford Woodruff Der Brother i here with answer your favor of the 22 inst as reagard my feelings about going on a mission to montona i will say i am willing to go at the appointed time i am willing to do all the good that lays in my ^power^ and about beeing set apart. i will say i wowld reather have that done here and as you say save the expence of comeing down there as i have had my indowments Your Brother in the Gospel Ephraim Ricks Bpt. T E. Ricks Per H. J. Flamm 2 Coun. In the absence of Bpt.

Letter from George Christian Jensen, 31 May 1897

Logan, Utah. . Pres. Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City. Dear Brother: Nearly a year ago, I was called upon a mission to Germany. The time of departure was not definitely set—the month only being given. Will you please let me know the exact day, if possible, of my departure. If you can give me any information, relative to sec- uring a passport, I shall be greatly obliged. Yours Resp'y, Geo. Jenson Logan, Utah. [sideways text] Answered June 2 [18]97 W. C. S [end of sideways text]

Letter from James C. Hacking, 31 May 1897

Vernal, Utah. . P.O. Box B. Pres. Woodruff. Dear Brother. My letter is somewhat delayed, as my Bishop was absent, and his indorsement was desired, I put off answering it until he came home. I being called on a mission surprised m[e] at the pressent, being only ninteen years of age. My attention has been called to the fact of being called, But I thought it would not be for four or five years yet. As I have been chossen, it is my intention to go and do the best I can. I feel well in the Gospel, having a testimony burning within my bossom of the work and its divinity. I think it will be a blessing unto me and a help to my people. I relize that I am a week mortol and that the success of my mission will depend upon my humillty before God. I am prepared to go on the appointed day, as I stated in my answere to the call, if I have health. When I think of going it fills my heart with sorrow to think of leaving my friends and relativies, and still it fills my whole being with joy at the same time.

Letter from James Richard Smurthwaite Sr., 31 May 1897

Baker City, Oregon, . President Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Beloved President:— In answer to yours of May 24th, I wish to say that the our Heavenly Father being willing, I will be in Salt Lake City on the 25th of July ready to be set apart for my labors, in the mission selected for me. I am very thankful to be con- sidered worthy to be called upon this mission, and will try and do my duty. May our Heavenly Father continue to bless you with his Holy Spirit, and with health and strength, is the wish and prayer of Your brother in the Gospel of Christ, James R Smurthwaite I can fully indorse Bro. Smurthwaite for service in the missionary field. H E Baker, Presdt. Baker City Bran[ch]

Letter from Taylor Nelson, 31 May 1897

Riverdale Idaho President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother I Recieved a Missionary Call, which I will Except, and I will be on hand to go at the appointed time, if I can Possibelly get the Necisary Means. I remain your Brother in The Gospel, Taylor Nelson. L. A. Mecham Bp.

Letter from Thomas Preston, 31 May 1897

Weston Po Box B. Salt Lake City Utah Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother In Reply to yours of the 24th Inst; asking if I could be Ready to take a mission to Oregon & Washington and be Ready to stand by the 26th of July 1897, came to hand. Will say In Reply that with the Blessings of God, I shall Endeavor to fill the mission to the best of my ability, and to start at the stated time I am most Respct Your Brother in the Gospel, Thos Preston John H Clarke Bp

Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 31 May 1897

President Wilford Woodruff. Dear Brother, The report of Bro. Allen Frost of Snowflake, Arizona, in regard to his plan for young Latterday Saints to at- tend under certain regulations the Territorial University of Arizona at Tucson, his ^rst [recent]^ correspondence with President Howard Billman of that institution, and the ac- companying letters of endorsement from Presidents David K. Udall and Jesse W. Smith, have been carefully considered by me. There are two sides to the proposition of Bro. Frost which present themselves to me under following aspects: 1. While the attendance of Mormon students in a corporate capacity at the University of Arizona would, on the one hand, have a tendency to demonstrate to the citizens of that territory the loyality of the Saints for their home institutions, it would, on the other, be of financial advantage to the students themselves, in as much as the traveling expenses in most cases could be reduced considerably. 2. I agree fully with the objection of President Jesse W. Smith, that the hot climate of Tucson is

Letter from Rasmus Nelson, 31 May 1897

Weston President Wilford Woodruff. Dear Brother. My call as a missionary to Scandinavia is to hand. Will do my best to raise the means and start on my mission at the apointed time. Your Brother in the Gospel Rasmus Nelson Weston Idaho. John H Clarke Bp

Letter from Ephraim H. Nye, 31 May 1897

President Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Brother; Here with I send you material that I have prepared for a Tract subject to your approval. The Tracts we now have in this missn sion are unsatisfactory, and if this meets your approval I should like very much to have the privelege of getting it published, as I think it will be suitable for our work in this mission. Our Tracts obtained from Chattanooga, cost us 60 cents per 100 ^delivered here^ and when we send them out to the Elders in small quantities there is another 18 cents added for stamps per each 100 this brings them rather high, whereas if we could have a good supply on hand when an Elder goes out to his field of labor he could take with him sufficient to last his district for some time and this would cut off as time rolls on, quite an amount fthrat we now pay out for stamps. I understand that the Tracts cost in Chattanooga 42 cents per 100. We have an offer from a reliable firm to publish the Tract, if we give an order forr 40,000 the price to be $145.50. As this w will bring the tTracts down to a fraction over 36 cents per 100, and by haveing a good supply on hand ^will^ enable us to send them out with the Elders when they go to their several fields, in many cases enou- gh to last them till they return. By this means we can furnish twice the amount of reading matter for what our Tracts now cost us. And thus scatter the writen word more freely. The 40,000 Tracts will not be more than enough for six or eight months supply, at the rate we need to use them and arfter that a better price can be obtai- ned as the price above includes the stereotype. Should you approve of the Tract, and of the matter of getting them published here, please return me the coppy. If in your judgement you think it can be improved by adding to, in any partic- ular part, or by cutting out any thing that is objectionable, please signify your wishes in the matter. I designed to have the articles of faith added, and if you could send me a plate of the Temple to place the picture of that noble edifice on the outer leaf I think i it would lend an added interest to the Tract. The San Francisco Call, has just published tte the out- line of a semrmon that I delivered last night, They also mailed free to our friends, mostly in Utah, about 120 coppies of the paper. I had a coppy sent toeach of the Presidency, They sent their artist to take my picture as it appears in the paper. Ever praying for the blessing of heave to rest in rich abundance upon you and your associates, I remain, Very truly yours, E. H. Nye

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

May 31, 1897