Sept. [Oct] 10th Went back to Du[“]renast.
11 October 1905 – Wednesday
Sept [OCT] 11th Wrote letter home in forenoon in afternoon[N10] Bro. [John] Springer and I went tracting, had Gospel conversation with a lady bei Dürenast. Held Bible
[p. 14]
Class in evening.
12 October 1905 - Thursday
Oct. 12 President Maus [Mans] came to visit us and he turned the books of the Durenast Branch of[f] to Bro. John Springer, who will now be the presiding Elder of the Thun Branch. On the Evening we went to [Wimmis] to hold Bible Class stayed overnight at Bro. Millers.[N11]
13 October 1905 – Friday
13th Oct. Bro. [John] Springer and I went to a tow[n] called Wimmis and distributed trac[t]s and held some Gospel conversations with some of the people in the town. In the evening we went to Thun to make some purchases[.]
14 October 1905 - Saturday
next day 14th.
15 October 1905 – Sunday
Sunday 15th held Sunday School and Sacrament meeting in Du[“]renast.
16 October 1905 - Monday
Monday 16th Went to Thun on buisness. Bro. Hirschi left for Liverpool on his journey home.
17 October 1905 - Tuesday
17th. Went to Metlin to hold Bible Class.[N
[p. 15]
18 October 1905 – Wednesday
18th. Tracted on way back from Metlin to Durenast.
19 October 1905 – Thursday
19th Oct. Bro. [John] Springer and I went to Wimmis and held a Bible Class.
20 October 1905 – Friday
20th Went back to Durenast snowed all the forenoon in afternoon we went to Thun and bought us a Petroleum heating stove.[N13]
21 October 1905 – Saturday
21st. Cloud and stormy stayed at home and studied.
22 October 1905 – Sunday
22nd. Oct. Bro. [John] Springer went to Waternvil [Wattenwil] and I went to Wimmis and held Sacrament meetings came home same evening and held meeting in Du[“]renast. I got lost, took the wrong road coming home, and came late to meeting.
23 October 1905 – Monday
23rd Oct. Monday study in forenoon went to Thun on buisness.
24 October 1905 – Tuesday
24th. Bro. [John] Springer and I went to Wattenurgl [Wattenwil] and held Bible Class.
25 October 1905 – Wednesday
25th. Held Bible Class at Du[“]renast.
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26 October 1905 - Thursday
26th held Bible Class at Wimmis. Visited three Saints[.]
27 October 1905 - Friday
Friday distributed tracts.
28 October 1905 – Saturday
Oct 28th 1905. Saturday went to Thun on buisness, Received letter from home Oct. 28th 1905.[N14]
29 October 1905 – Sunday
Sunday Oct. 29th Held Meetings in Durenast.
30 October 1905 – Monday
Oct. 30th Prest. Jacob Mause [Mans] who was visiting with us left for Langn[au] his head quarters, We spent the day studying, I broke one of my teeth in biteing a piece of bread and had to go to Thun next day Oct. 31st and get it pulled out.[N15] Wrote letter home, also one to father [Johann Friedrich] + Ernestine [Clara Kohlhepp].[N16] The letter I received from home Oct. 28 contained the sad news of my sister Eda’s death. Oct. 29th Studied the Scriptures + went to Thun.
[N10] I unfortunately lack this letter. It would have been great to get some of Fred's early impressions mentioned to his family since he is so brief in his journal entries without much description or feeling.
It could be that this letter is simply this postcard he sent, and started writing 2 nights before. It has a note across the front.
[N11] South of Thun, near Faulensee. 1891 map:
[N12] Metlin is not a real city. I'll need to study surrounding geography to figure out what this likely was.
[N13] I can just imagine these 2 Americans getting adjusted to the realities of an approaching Swiss Winter.
[N14] Missing letter. We get some of its contents from the October 30th entry, which notes that it contained news of his sister Eda's death.
[N15] This mission is going to be very physically demanding on Fred; we have these health incidents, but for a man in his mid-40's traversing in the cold mountains.
[N16] No knowledge of contents of this letter. Likely a communication to his family regarding Eda's death and his condolences.
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