Feb. 1st 1906 Sent the Deed with letter home, Gave the Lawyer a trac[t] to read.[N1] Feb. 1st Went to
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Wimmis and held Bible Class.
2 February 1906 – Friday
Feb. 2nd Visited family Wittur’s in Wimmis.
3 February 1906 – Saturday
Sat. 3rd Visited Iringers + Winterbergers.
4 February 1906 – Sunday
Sun. 4th Attended Sunday School and two meetings in Dürrenast.
5 February 1906 – Monday
Mon. 5th Went to Steffisburg a vill[ag]e, about a half hour walk north of Thun on buisness to see a Lawyer, about getting a new house to live in. Bro. [John M.] Kunz and I went togeather the roads were icy + slippery.
6 February 1906 – Tuesday
Tue. 6th I had to go to Steffisburg again. Visited with Sawers in evening.
7 February 1906 – Wednesday
Wed. 7th Stayed at home did not feel well.
8 February 1906 – Thursday
Thur. 8th Tracted along the road to Spietz [Spiez] and held Bible Class in Wimmis Thursday evening.[N2]
9 February 1906 – Friday
Returned home Fri. 9th
10 February 1906 – Saturday
Sat. 10th Paid rent on Lokal. Frau Feller gave me a german Calender
11 February 1906 – Sunday
Sun. 11 Went to Wattenw[i]l after [a meeting in Thun] and held [a] meeting. Bro. [Johann] Bäller died Friday after noon will be burried
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tomorrow at 3 O’clock. Returned to Dürrenast and held Bible Class in evening. Bro. Lugenbühl went with me to Wattenw[i]l
12 February 1906 – Monday
Mon. 12th Bro. J. M. Kunz + I went to Wattenw[i]l and held funeral services over the remains of Bro. Johann Bäller, held Bible Class in evening Returned home next day to Dürrenast
13 February 1906 – Tuesday
13th Feb. Received letter Minerva.[N3]
14 February 1906 – Wednesday
14th Went trackting in afternoon, and visited Thomanns in evening.
15 February 1906 – Thursday
Thur. 15th Went to Wimmis + held Bible Class.
16 February 1906 – Friday
Friday 16th returned home to Dürrenast
17 February 1906 – Saturday
Sat. 17 Received letter from home with deed to have signed by Notary Public.[N4] Went same day to Langnau [im Emmental] to preach on following Sunday.
18 February 1906 – Sunday
Sun. 18th 1906 Preached in Langnau [im Emmental]. Visited among the Saints + Friends while there had an enjoyable
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time many of the Saints are going to emigrate in the Spring. Found some folks in Langnau [im Emmental] by the name of Abbe, My grandmother's name.[N5] Visited Mon. + Tue.
21 February 1906 – Wednesday
Returned home to Dürrenast Weds. 21st 1906
22 February 1906 – Thursday
Thur. 22nd Tracted on the way to Wimmis held Bible Class at [the] Kaufmans.
23 February 1906 – Friday
Returned to Dürrenast Fri. 23rd
24 February 1906 – Saturday
Sat. 24th Feb Stormed all day stayed at home and studied + read.
25 February 1906 – Sunday
Sun. 25th Attended Sunday School in Dür. and Afternoon meeting in Wimmis. Returned and held meeting in Dürrenast in evening.
26 February 1906 – Monday
26th + 27th made out Monthly Reports for Branch.
28 February 1906 – Wednesday
28th Feb. Wrote letters + went to Thun.
NOTES:
[N1] This letter has not been located. A notary public is an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Generally speaking, a notary public in the United States of America has powers that are far more limited than the role of a civil law notary in the rest of the world. For the purposes of authentication, most countries require commercial or personal documents which originate from or are signed in another country to be notarized before they can be used or officially recorded or before they can have any legal effect.
[N2] The road he most likely tracted down was Thunstrasse St.
[N3] Minerva sent him a birthday postcard on 6 February 1906 that reached him right on time for his birthday on the 13th.
[N4] No copy of this letter exists.
[N5] This would have been his father's mother, Anna Maria Abbe.
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