Aug 11, 1896

I went to the Lake with my family in the Evening & staid
till 10 oclock And among the Exhibitions of the Evening was
some of the most splendid fire works I Ever saw Esspecially
the birsting of the fire balls in the Arc and raining fire
& Brimstone we returned home at 11 oclock Distance 320 Mils

August 12, 1896 ~ Wednesday

12 I met with the board of CZC.MI Received the following
Dispatch from Mr Bannigan (Have No fear Bannagan
is all right & on top) Those were our feelings concerning
him ^[FIGURES]^ I received a Letter from Sarah & Mary & wrote
one in Return I met with quite a Number of Saints today
several Missionaries called upon me in the Evening

August 13, 1896 ~ Thursday to August 14, 1896 ~ Friday

13 I rode to the office got something for home I got $500
for my Journey ^[FIGURES]^ I wrote A Badlam a Letter in
1849 from Cambridgeport to San francisco That 3 pages
of manuscript made 9 Pages in Type writing F M Lyman
found that Letter among his Fathers papers it contained
News from almost all over the World Cholary through
the U.S. & Terrible fires through the World I am
Now Preparing to leave for Portland & San Francisco.

myself and wife Emma President George Q Cannon
and wife Caroline and my son Asahel H Woodruff
left the city on the Union Pacific Railroad at 7 o'clock
p.m. for Portland. On the cars we found there had
been some mistake made about our transportation
Asahel was supposed to have got the tickets, but
we found that nothing had been said to him about
them, and Prest Cannon had no ticket for Asahel.

Aug 11, 1896

I went to the Lake with my family in the Evening & staid till 10 oclock And among the Exhibitions of the Evening was some of the most splendid fire works I Ever saw Esspecially the birsting of the fire balls in the Arc and raining fire & Brimstone we returned home at 11 oclock Distance20 Mils

August 12, 1896 ~ Wednesday

12 I met with the board ofZC.MI Received the following Dispatch from Mr Bannigan (Have No fear Bannagan is all right & on top) Those were our feelings concerning him FIGURES I received a Letter from Sarah & Mary & wrote one in Return I met with quite a Number of Saints today several Missionaries called upon me in the Evening

August 13, 1896 ~ Thursday to August 14, 1896 ~ Friday

13 I rode to the office got something for home I got $500 for my Journey FIGURES I wrote A Badlam a Letter in 1849 from Cambridgeport to San francisco That 3 pages of manuscript made 9 Pages in Type writing F M Lyman found that Letter among his Fathers papers it contained News from almost all over the World Cholary through the U.S. & Terrible fires through the World I am Now Preparing to leave for Portland & San Francisco.

myself and wife Emma President George Q Cannon and wife Caroline and my son Asahel H Woodruff left the city on the Union Pacific Railroad at 7 o'clock p.m. for Portland. On the cars we found there had been some mistake made about our transportation Asahel was supposed to have got the tickets, but we found that nothing had been said to him about them, and Prest Cannon had no ticket for Asahel.