March 11, 1893
I spent this day at Home Brother Jaques called upon me He read
some Papers to me {my will}Alice was taken quite sick in
the Evening Appeared like Diphtheria Had a vary sick night
~ Sunday
12. SundayAlice was some better this morning but throat
vary sore the ground is still covered with snow & vary cold
14 ^^ The Loan & trust Company building at Ogden is burned
out this morning which is a great Loss to the people said
to be $200000. I met with the quorum of the Twelve
Apostles & Joseph F Smith upon the subject of giving
Recommends to the members of the Church to go to the Dedication of the Temple & we resolved to give recommends
to all who had a standing in the Church to attend the
dedication of the Temple I visited the mum^m^ies that were
got in the caves of Sanwan County & were to be taken
to the worlds fair in Chicago not as well preserved as
were the Mummies of the catacombs of Egypt. On my
returmn home I found Alice worse we sent for Dr Richards
He reported she had a light form of the Diptheria
~ Wednesday
15 I met with the Board of Z.C.MI and heard the report
of the Business of the year 1892. They sold during the year
$3,100232.76 cts Received cash During the Month of Feb $126847.12 cts
The committee went to the Temple we will have all we can do
to get it ready for dedication
March 11, 1893
I spent this day at Home Brother Jaques called upon me He read
some Papers to me {my will}Alice was taken quite sick in
the Evening Appeared like Diphtheria Had a vary sick night
~ Sunday
12. SundayAlice was some better this morning but throat
vary sore the ground is still covered with snow & vary cold
14 [FIGURE] The Loan & trust Company building at Ogden is burned
out this morning which is a great Loss to the people said
to be $200000. I met with the quorum of the Twelve
Apostles & Joseph F Smith upon the subject of giving
Recommends to the members of the Church to go to the
Dedication of the Temple & we resolved to give recommends
to all who had a standing in the Church to attend the
dedication of the Temple I visited the mummies that were
got in the caves of Sanwan County & were to be taken
to the worlds fair in Chicago not as well preserved as
were the Mummies of the catacombs of Egypt. On my
return home I found Alice worse we sent for Dr Richards
He reported she had a light form of the Diptheria
~ Wednesday
15 I met with the Board of Z.C.MI and heard the report
of the Business of the year 1892. They sold during the year
$3,100232.76 cts Received cash During the Month of Feb $126847.12 cts
The committee went to the Temple we will have all we can do
to get it ready for dedication
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," March 11, 1893 - March 16, 1893, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 4, 2025, https://2023.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6BWR