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William explains the circumstances of his loneliness and financial struggles, as well as his faith and religious studies.

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William writes about his journey toward becoming commissioner and his following dealings as such. He also discusses his poor health and financial and family struggles.

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William explains his sufferings with his poor physical and mental health. He goes through his day-to-day of caring for his elderly mother, performing his public service duties, and running the family store.

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William shares his feelings about Native Americans and his dealings with them as a public servant. His relationship with his wife becomes more rocky. He talks about his business dealings and travels around Utah.

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William is elected delegate to the County Convention. He writes of his public service business and his relationships with friends and neighbors. He expresses enthusiasm for the Little League team he sponsors and reports on their successes and failures. He speaks of his faith and experiences with God. He expounds on his depression.

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William writes of his participation in church activites. He speaks of his responsibilities as a Commissioner, including many city council meetings, public projects, and his dealings with the Utes. He periodically discusses his depression. He takes two orphaned children into his care to raise.

Scope and Contents William speaks of his duties at the family store and in his public service. He writes periodically of his finances. He talks of his family relationships and church activities. He mentions his struggles with seasonal depression, as well as painful arthritis. He tells of suffering a minor stroke and expresses concern about his health. He writes about a break-in and robbery that occurred at his service station and the following investigation, including the hiring of a man with occult powers to...

Scope and Contents William mentions frustration with his debtors. He writes of a bitter winter where cars can't run because their fuel congeals. He discovers that he has kidney trouble and has to report to the hospital for blood tests and exploratory surgery, where they find a cyst in his kidney. He later goes back to the hospital for major kidney surgery. He writes of his enduring back pain and a small seizure. He gives periodic reports on his favorite athletic teams. He writes much about his friends and...

Scope and Contents William writes his testimony of serving God's children. He expresses fatherly concern for his distant teenage daughter as well as anxiety about his place in the family and a difficulty controlling his emotions and fears. He tells of his vacation to Hawaii. He writes of his frequent back pain. He records some of the family store business updates. He writes of the resurgence of some marital problems. He is rebuked by the law for making copies of his citizenship papers in the process of getting...