December 1910

¹A fine letter from Mrs. Edward H. Evans [Julia Pearsall Evans] of Minneapolis, Minnesota, very glad she likes the paper [p. 339] {p. 122}

Louise B. Cannon Andrew had a little girl² born this morning, had black hair a very small babe– Dr. Wm. [T.] Cannon was the physician

³Louise B. Cannon Andrew had a little girl born at 6. A.M. very small– pretty tho’ with black hair went A very fine letter from my cousin Wm. A. Woodward [p. 340] {p. 123}

Today is Annie’s birthday I went down arrived late and had a fine dinner gave her a dress of serge, Margaret helped me to select the goods

⁴Today is Annie’s birthday a fine day and all is well– I hurried and went down to see Louse [Louise]’s baby and stayed a few minutes all is well there a nice nurse Miss Youngberg Later I went to the Cannon House, we had a fine dinner and a pleasant evening, stayed all night [p. 341] {p. 124}

Today have been miserable {p. 110}

⁵Came to the office really ill, had a very bad night– Letters from Rena Bradley Fairview & Flo Jamison Miller Wilmington Ill. Cor. Sec. N.C.W. Xmas card from my niece Cecilia [Woodward] Thurman, this should have been <Dec. 20.> This is Cordelia [Woodward Holden]’s birthday she is 86 today living in Mass. and is well as usual [p. 342] {p. 125}

I was invited to a party at Sister M. Y. Dougall’s it will be her birthday tomorrow but the girls preferred the party today, there were a large number of ladies present dreadful cold could not speak a loud word

⁶Went over to Temple and gave Isabel the name of Susan Brownell Anthony to be endowed for today, she was baptized for 2 years ago last March– [p. 343] {p. 126}

This is May Wells birthday she was born in 1854 was busy all day with regular duties

<Amelia Folsom Young died this morning> Verona’s birthday born in 1869 forty one years old it does not seem possible, I could not even write her a letter, attended tabernacle service and then went to Waterloo ward to speak on the subject of Joseph Smith the Prophet sent for at noon to go to Amelia {p. 111} was asked to speak at funeral

Today is quite a day of days every one asking questions about Amelia {p. 112}

⁷to Frank [Frances Folsom] Wallace & Louise [Louisa Folsom] Brown Amelia’s sisters City & to Mrs. H. A. [Harriet Thatcher] Preston City & to Postmaster A. [Arthur] L. Thomas

check 3.00 on mailing ’59. cts <owing>

[check]⁸ 4.55 Utah Light & Railway Co. <Nov.>

[check]⁹ 2.00 Telephone House Nov. [p. 346] {p. 127}

Letters to Presidents of Six Stakes in Salt Lake Co. & to S. E. G. [Susan Greene] Homer Elba Idaho sent poem Josephine Spencer [p. 347] {p. 128}

¹⁰Alta Pond. Margaret Dus. [Dusenbery] and Mary Peck. X-mas cards [p. 348] {p. 129}

This morning dark and disagreeable and felt reluctant about speaking not knowing what could be said that would be acceptable to the family or to the public or the Youngs for I am fond of the Young family and would not hurt them

¹¹Mrs. Alice Pinock [Pinnock] (Letter)

Sugar City Idaho

Anna H. [Larson] Van Leuven

Box 87) Mapleton Utah [p. 349] {p. 130}

¹²Sept.

To Sarah P. [Peters] Stohl R.S. Brigham City

Mrs. Clara Stuki [Clara Spori Stucki] R.S Paris– Idaho

Louisa Gooch.– Ex.¹³ Preston– Ida.

F. L. [Frances Harris] Jones– Beaver Ut. for 3 subs Ex

Mary A. [McFerson] Layton Ex Clearfield Ut

Mrs. Kate Stevans [Kathleen Kenny Stevens] Ex. Aurora– Utah [p. 350] {p. 131}

¹⁴Miss E V. Jenkins

c/o Messrs Emms Hall

508 Phelan Building

Market Street

San Francisco–

California [loose leaf between pp. 352 and 354] {p. 134}

Meeting of Stake officers from six Stakes {p. 113}

Today I wrote to Mell then went to the Tabernacle, Dr. S. B. Young spoke on the Savior’s birth etc. John Henry followed went up to Jode Wells and to 18th. Ward Conference came home cold and hungry {p. 114}

¹⁵Was very ill all night– heart only barely beating– [p. 354] {p. 135}

Vermont party in the Social Hall¹⁶ was really a great success [p. 357] {p. 138}

All day cards letters and presents coming in many callers, and telephones, a very cold day

Down at Cannon Farm at the home of Annie a fine Xmas tree for the children and a fine Xmas dinner Happy family {p. 115}