May 20 1896
^^ Sarah is Dangerously sick she has Now got Pneumonia
& plurisy in right side I got Telegraph from Mary & I wrote
her a Letter {I told her to get} a {deed of the house and lot of her immediately.}
I met with my councillors & other Brethren upon the subject
of the Ogden water Power it will be one of the Most important
improvements in the state
~ Thursday
21 ^^ In company with Emma I took cars & went to Provo
to visit Sarah we called upon her & found her vary sick
we administered to her And Brother Allen being a Doctor
as Well as an Elder Administered medicine to her
she has Pluricy in the right Lung & Pneumonia and
vary low we took Dinner with Reed Smoot & spent the night at Diana Smoots 50 Miles
I had a variy ouserious night I slept a few moments and
awoke with severe pain in my Heart & Lungs which lasted
~ Friday
^22^ 6 Hours I got more Easy in the morning we visited Sarah
& lefft her still vary low, we took cars for home at 5 oclok & returned home. Distance of the day 50 Miles
~ Saturday
23 ^^ I wrote 2 Letters one to David P & one to Jesse
T Moses & gave History of Bells condition the best
I could I did not sleep at night ^{I had some painful talk upon family matters with Emma.}^
~ Sunday
24. Sunday I spent the day at home resting
~ Monday
25 I spent the day in the office President G. Q. Cannon
gave me an account of his Meeting with the Union pacific
board & the agreement they had Entered into which was
favorable I met with severalle of the Brethren and strangers
I Met Father Malone who delivered a Lecture against Ingelsole
~ Wednesday
May 20 1896
[FIGURE] Sarah is Dangerously sick she has Now got Pneumonia
& plurisy in right side I got Telegraph from Mary & I wrote
her a Letter {I told her to get} a {deed of the house and lot of her immediately.}
I met with my councillors & other Brethren upon the subject
of the Ogden water Power it will be one of the Most important
improvements in the state
~ Thursday
21 [FIGURE] In company with Emma I took cars & went to Provo
to visit Sarah we called upon her & found her vary sick
we administered to her And Brother Allen being a Doctor
as Well as an Elder Administered medicine to her
she has Pluricy in the right Lung & Pneumonia and
vary low we took Dinner with Reed Smoot & spent the night at Diana Smoots 50 Miles
I had a varyserious night I slept a few moments and
awoke with severe pain in my Heart & Lungs which lasted
~ Friday
22 6 Hours I got more Easy in the morning we visited Sarah
& left her still vary low, we took cars for home at 5 oclok & returned home. Distance of the day 50 Miles
~ Saturday
23 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 Letters one to David P & one to Jesse
T Moses & gave History of Bells condition the best
I could I did not sleep at night {I had some painful talk upon family matters with Emma.}
~ Sunday
24. Sunday I spent the day at home resting
~ Monday
25 I spent the day in the office President G. Q. Cannon
gave me an account of his Meeting with the Union pacific
board & the agreement they had Entered into which was
favorable I met with several of the Brethren and strangers
I Met Father Malone who delivered a Lecture against Ingelsole
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," May 20, 1896 - May 25, 1896, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mYqG