March 1902


9 March 1902 • Sunday

20th Aniversary of our Marriage Wrote T. B. Clark On account of Eczimic sore on neck I remained home all day.

16 March 1902 • Sunday

During the past week the weather has been stormy & disagreeable. Joel & I unloaded a car of 13000 feet of lumber & 25 M. shingles and did some work at field. My neck is improved since a week ago but still has to be bandaged. Excused from trip to Clover on that account.

17 March 1902 • Monday

Sold plow & $20.50 worth lumber. Attended fore & after noon meetings of Relief Aniversary meetings & at former spoke about 40 30 minutes Subject Object of organization, Violation of 1st great command. Back biting, fashion & its evil effects &c. Attended School meeting in evening.

18 March 1902 • Tuesday

Wrote letters, sold lumber, cared for animals wrote up accounts Journal &c. Attended theatre in evening by Grantsville troup. “Down the Black Canyon.[”]

I this day started Joel to drilling lucern the first of the Season.

19 March 1902 • Wednesday

Stormy day. Made lumber & Imp. sales &c

20–21 March 1902

" "1 Plowed & harrowed front for lawn planting. Did other odd jobs.2

22 March 1902 • Saturday

" "3 I met Geo. at Station & brought him up also Prest. Gowans & Wife. Cared for animals &c. In evening I attended lecture of Prof. Stewart

23 March 1902 • Sunday

Attended School & offered opening prayr. Attended meeting where Prof. Stewart & Bro. Robinson preached. I offered closing prayr. Attended Circle &c. Wrote in journal, Wrote to Legrand

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24 March 1902 • Monday

Stormy.

25 March 1902 • Tuesday

Stormy Hauled dirt on lawn.

26 March 1902 • Wednesday

"5 Hauled dirt on lawn & helped Jos. Tate stretch wire.

27 March 1902 • Thursday

Fixed fence on west & north sides of lot to keep chickens out of lot. Took George to Station [p. 99]

28 March 1902 • Friday

Stormy. I hauled canyon dirt & put on lawn.

29 March 1902 • Saturday

Hauled dirt on to front for lawn. Attended Stake Priesthood Meeting at Tooele.

30 March 1902 • Sunday

Set apart as Fast day on account of First Sunday in Apr. being Conference. I fasted 26 hours, paid 50¢ offerings, attended School & meeting. Bore testamony in Theological Class Sunday School, Offered opening prayr at meeting and blessed Jos Kirk Jr.’s baby and christened it Rolo. Jr. Wrote letters to Mother, Alice & others.

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Footnotes

  1. [1]Ditto marks for “Stormy day.”

  2. [2]Richards wrote separate dates for the 20 and 21 March entries, but this entry spans both lines on which the dates were written, indicating that the entry covered both days.

  3. [3]Ditto marks for “Stormy day.”

  4. [4]This insertion was written diagonally in the left margin next to the 23 March entry.

  5. [5]Ditto marks for “Stormy”.

  6. [6]This insertion was written vertically in the left margin next to the 30 March entry.