October 1903
1 October 1903 • Thursday
<Phone from Geo. L.>
Letter from daughter Nerva from City saying she was sick and requesting that one of the little girls be sent in. We sent Ruby in on train.
2 October 1903 • Friday
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3 October 1903 • Saturday
Alice & I with two youngest children went to Salt Lake on train. Saw Mother, Asenath, Fred. Ross & others at depot. We went up to Nervas I street #273, where we staid all night. Nerva is feeling better and was doing her work.
<Geo F was on train on his way from Boulter.>2
4 October 1903 • Sunday
Attended Conference meetings and did some business & visiting between
5 October 1903 • Monday
Attended Conference meetings.
6 October 1903 • Tuesday
Attended all Conference meetings and Priesthood meeting in evening. Alice & I staid at Geo & Ediths that night. <or Mond. night>
7 October 1903 • Wednesday
Attended Special Priesthood Meeting at 10 A.M. Bought an organ in afternoon.
Did not go to a theatre or even the fair while in Conference time. We staid at George Fs this night and Nerva, Geo L, Legrand & Joel were there and we had corn, candy & nuts and a good visit.
8 October 1903 • Thursday
I came home, Alice & children remained until Saturday A.M. train when Sarah & Lucena & Mamie met them with my team while I went to Grantsville to Priesthood meeting.
9 October 1903 • Friday
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10 October 1903 • Saturday
Went to Grantsville to Priesthood & H.C. meeting Had good meetings Returned in rain storm arriving home just at dark.
11 October 1903 • Sunday
Attended School & meeting at Tooele and I spoke at both. Attended Circle & I was mouth in blessing the oil. After Circle [p. 135] Prest. Gowans & I at my suggestion went down to Bro Gillespie’s and administered to him as he was sick.
12 October 1903 • Monday
Attended to business as usual.
13 October 1903 • Tuesday
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14 October 1903 • Wednesday
Took my family in carriage and went over to Terminus to See some parties owing. Were gone less than 2 hrs. Attended Seventies reunion sociable in meeting house and offered the closing prayr. Took the folks for an evening ride. Bathed shaved &c.
15 October 1903 • Thursday
Delivered lumber made sales and attended to business generally and in the evening wrote up my journal from Sept. 23d to date from memory as best I could remember.
16 October 1903 • Friday
In evening 1st regular weekly meeting of stake <Presidency held in my house.>
17 October 1903 • Saturday
Made extensive sales to Deep Creek people <attended Rep. City [primary?] at night>
18 October 1903 • Sunday
I took my team and surray and went to Clover. Prest. Gowans & wife Betsey rode over to St. John. Prest. G. attended school and meeting at Grantsville St. John and I at Clover. Took dinner with Bp. Stookey.
19 October 1903 • Monday
Continued business. & cared for animals
20 October 1903 • Tuesday
Sent team to Ophir with lumber.
Started Herold Skelton to plowing with my team. <mother came to see us.>
21 October 1903 • Wednesday
Sent lum to Ophir with my team. &c.
22 October 1903 • Thursday
Helped Mother with her papers in ev[en]ing.
23 October 1903 • Friday
Mother had a sick spell last night. I administered to her. She got to feeling better and went to Salt Lake in Afternoon I took her to Ry Station. Stake Prest meeting in eve. <at my home.>
<Secured order from C L Sanford for lumber amounting to $370.00.>7
24 October 1903 • Saturday
Continued work of the place. Alice Washed Wrote up my Journal from memory.
25 October 1903 • Sunday
With my team & buggy Prest. Gowans & I went to Batesville & attended School & meeting I spoke at both. We took dinner at J. C. Liddells. [p. 136]
26–30 October 1903
Down to Nov. 6th written from memory. During this week I secured the order from Mr Sanford for material for a house joining his store. I ordered this material with other to make up the car load and had it come out & unloaded finishing Saturday noon. During the week I administered to Thos. Haynes baby several times. Attended mutual & Stake Presidency meetings &c.
<Friday my Daughter Nerva surprised us by coming out from City without having notified us.>8
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[1]Richards provided a date but no content for this entry.
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[2]This insertion was written vertically in the left margin next to the 3 October entry.
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[3]Richards provided a date but no content for this entry.
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[4]Ditto marks for “Attended to business as usual.”
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[5]Ditto marks for “Sent lum to”.
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[6]Ditto marks for “with my team. &c.”
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[7]This insertion was written vertically in the left margin next to the 23 October entry.
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[8]This insertion was written vertically in the left margin next to the 26–30 October entry.