We Met with the Z.C.M.I. Board A sugar Meeting was
held at the office The prospect Never was better for a
crop of Sugar Beets than this Season
Abram H Cannon is worse to day Nothing but the
Power of God can save him We had a Hard Rain through
Most of the Day a good deal of Damage was Done in
^^ several Parts of the State I wrote a Letter to David P. W.
~ Thursday
16 I went to Ogden with the old folk it was Raining when
I left home but soon cleared off The D & R G R R
took the company from Salt Lake to Ogden took 1200 of the old Folks besides many others on the arival of
the company to Ogden carriages took the people from
the Depo to the Public Park when they were all
Assembled I should there were 8000 people President Shirtliff took myself & Joseph F & our wives to his house
we soon went to the Park Mingled with the people & took
Dinner with them then we went onto the Stand and
had a general Meeting MyselfTanner & Nobles 3
of Zions Camp, were present & 20 of the Mormon Battallion
were present Myself & Joseph F Smith Addressed the Assembly
Also F. D Richards with Many others we returned at 5 oclok
to our Homes Distance of the day 80 Miles
~ Friday
17Emma & Naoma went to Granite I went to the office
I learned that A. H. Cannon was still vary low, but things
on the improve a Little we had up Parsons Ranch Account
~ Saturday
18 I spent the day at home resting I visited A H Cannon ^He seemed to be dying^
~ Sunday
19. Sunday I spent the day at home
~ Wednesday
July 15 1896
We Met with the Z.C.M.I. Board A sugar Meeting was
held at the office The prospect Never was better for a
crop of Sugar Beets than this Season
Abram H Cannon is worse to day Nothing but the
Power of God can save him We had a Hard Rain through
Most of the Day a good deal of Damage was Done in
[FIGURE] several Parts of the State I wrote a Letter to David P. W.
~ Thursday
16 [FIGURE] I went to Ogden with the old folk it was Raining when
I left home but soon cleared off The D & R G R R
took the company from Salt Lake to Ogden took
1200 of the old Folks besides many others on the arival of
the company to Ogden carriages took the people from
the Depo to the Public Park when they were all
Assembled I should there were 8000 people President
Shirtliff took myself & Joseph F & our wives to his house
we soon went to the Park Mingled with the people & took
Dinner with them then we went onto the Stand and
had a general Meeting MyselfTanner & Nobles 3
of Zions Camp, were present & 20 of the Mormon Battallion
were present Myself & Joseph F Smith Addressed the Assembly
Also F. D Richards with Many others we returned at 5 oclok
to our Homes Distance of the day 80 Miles
~ Friday
17Emma & Naoma went to Granite I went to the office
I learned that A. H. Cannon was still vary low, but things
on the improve a Little we had up Parsons Ranch Account
~ Saturday
18 I spent the day at home resting I visited A H Cannon He seemed to be dying
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," July 15, 1896 - July 19, 1896, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/4z87