Day in the Life

Jul 9, 1898

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July 09, 1898 ~ Saturday

Sat July 9th At home all day

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Letter from Brigham Willard Young, 9 July 1898

Baker City, Oregon, Prest. Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City, Utah Dear President Enclosed you will find some letters which I wish you to read, for you are the only one, to whom I can apply in my present circumstan- ces. You are, no doubt, aware that father has went bankrupt in London for a million and a half, so he cannot help me. I am the only one of his sons who has never, here-to-fore, had to call upon relatives for as- sistance, since father went to London. I have been self sustaining; but now for the first time in my life, I need

Discourse 1898-07-09

HEARD THE BRITISH GUNS. The people of Sugar House ward cele- brated the national day of Independ- ence yesterday, July 4, with a great parade, the reading of the Declaration of Independence and other exercises. Among the speakers were the vener- able President of the Church, Wilford Woodruff. During the course of his re- marks he mentioned that when he was about seven years old and living with his family in the state of Connecticut, a British fleet bombarded the coast. One day his father placed him on the top of a barn where he could distinctly hear the boom of the cannon of the bombarding fleet. At the time, for- eign opinion of the United States navy was that it was about worthless, but this did not prevent it from obtaining some of the most brilliant achieve- ments of naval warfare. That was a lesson to the world then—a lesson that has been repeated at Manila and Santi- ago, never again to be forgotten.

Estate Papers - Farmers Ward meetinghouse receipt, 9 July 1898

Received from Wm Nunn and Albert G Wagstaff for J. C. Jensen Fifteen X/100 Dollars on account of Meeting House $1500 H. F. Burton Bp.

Estate Papers - Farmers Ward meetinghouse receipt, 9 July 1898

Received from Woodruf and Woodbury for members Ten X/100 Dollars on account of Meeting House $10 00/100 H. F. Burton Bp

Estate Papers - Farmers Ward meetinghouse receipt, 9 July 1898

Received from Woodruff and Woodbury for members Twenty Four X/100 Dollars on account of Meeting House $24 00/100 H. F. Burton Bp

Estate Papers - Farmers Ward meetinghouse receipt, 9 July 1898

Received from Woodruff and Woodbury for members Ten Scrip X/100 Dollars on account of Meeting House $1000 H. F. Burton Bp

Letter from James B. Mathie, 9 July 1898

President Woodruff. Dear Bro. when I received my appointment for a mission to Great Britain I wrote to my Brother Samuel asking him if he would get ready to come home this fall and take care of the place. He wrote me that he did not wish to come home, and it would be impossible for him to assist me in any- way I have no one to help or to take care of my place Father and Mother are not able to support them-selves as they are over seventy.

Notice to the public, 9 July 1898

"Dear Brethren and Sisters: On Sunday, June 19th, 1898, Park City was visited by a scourge of fire and all the business and much of the residence portion of the town destroyed. "The Latter-day Saints' meeting house, a substantial rock and lumber structure, just erected at a cost of $5,000, was entirely destroyed. It was a well built and conveniently arranged house, with accommodations in the basement for the Sabbath school and similar organizations, and a large as- sembly room above with a seating capacity of 500. In addition to the building the silver sacramental ser- vice, the Sunday school books and a considerable amount of property be- longing to the Relief society was also destroyed. "This loss falls very heavily upon the Saints of Park City at this time when many of the mines are shut down and every effort is necessary to re- lieve the human suffering consequent upon the calamity which has visited the city. "The leading brethren of Summit Stake are making an earnest effort to rebuild and place the people there in a position to continue the most ex- cellent work which has been done in Park City during the past few years. But the task is greater than the Saints in that place and Summit Stake can accomplish alone, after having so re- cently raised such a large amount to build the structure now destroyed. "They need assistance and we think the members of the Church generally will gladly render it and we commend the matter to the favorable attention of the Latter-day Saints. Your brethren, WILFORD WOODRUFF, GEO. Q. CANNON, JOS. F. SMITH.

Notice to the public, 9 July 1898

CHURCH CHRONOLOGY. Through arrangements made with Elder Andrew Jenson, the Church has become the owner of the valuable work of reference known as Church Chronol- ogy, which was published by Elder Jen- son a few years ago, and which gave universal satisfaction as a reliable work of dates pertaining to Church history. The first edition, consisting of 5,000 copies, has been out of print for some time; and a new edition, im- proved and enlarged, is about to be published from the Historian's office. It will contain an epitome of Church his- tory from the beginning of the present century to date of publication, and an effort is being made by the Church his- torian and his assistants to make it as accurate and free from errors as close attention and diligent searching of original documents can make it, in all its details, so that in the absence of a more detailed history of the Church it may, as a book of dates, prove a valuable work of reference to the Lat- ter-day Saints generally and to all who are interested in their history and doctrines. In order to guard against possible mis- takes, we desire the co-operation of all veterans and others in the Church who may possess dates of importance. The proposed edition of Church Chronology

Letter from Orson Smith, 9 July 1898

Logan, Utah, Prest. W. Woodruff Dear Bro one week ago tonight I gave a letter of introduction to a Mr Micheal of Indiana who had been introduced to me by one of our returning elders and who said he had been knd and considerate of them when among strangers and had stood up for them and defended them. Came to me and wanted to know if he could shake hands with you. I said I had no doubt but that a wish of that kind would be granted provided you were not engaged at the time, and I gave hime a line to you stating what I had heard of him. It now turns out on my return home that he has been forging checks and the sheriff is after him. I think he obtained about $5000 from two of our merchants. I write to inform you of the matter. With kind regards your Bro Orson Smith

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Jul 9, 1898