Passed through Omaha. Passed through Iowa and woke up in Illinois. The fields were all covered with grass and a few trees, nearly the first we have seen since we left Utah. It is cloudy and foggy and I am turned around. Landed in Chicago okay. Went out to see Lincoln park, also saw Lake Michigan, counted thirty two boats on the lake. Went back to town and had supper; went to a comic opera and went to bed.
Sept, 10th. We hired an auto and took in the sights of town. We left Chicago at 2:32, arrived in the state of Indiana about 4:30, passed through Fort Wayne at 8:15 P.M. In the morning we woke up in the state of Ohio. It was a pretty state of grapes and corn. We also came to the state of New York. We visited the Niagara Falls and paid one dollar for a ride all around the river and all that was worth seeing. After seeing all that, we came back to Buffalo. We had to lay over for several hours, so we hired an auto and took in most of the sights of Buffalo. This cost each of us 50¢ and was well worth the money. We left Buffalo that night and arrived in New York city Sept. 13th. At 9:30 a.m. the first thing we did was getting something to eat, then we got a sight seeing car and took in part of the city. That cost us a dollar, and was very interesting. That night we went to a comic opera which was fine. We also took a ride on the elevated car line which was fine. On the following day Walter Johnson and I went to see the tallest building in the world. We took the elevator to the 44th floor, walked to the 45th floor. That was as high as we were permitted to go. We had a fine view of the surrounding country. After dinner we took the elevated train to the Brooklyn Bridge, then from there to Coney Island, which is the largest summer resort in the world. Brother Walter Johnson lost his steamship ticket, and located it at New Hampshire. So I went with him to find it, and it took more time than we figured, on, so we were too late for the train to Montreal and we missed our party. But we took the next train and caught our party at Montreal. It is hard to tell who is the most pleased, us or them.
Sept. 13th. We got on board the steamship this morning. The ship was called VICTORIAN. We slept fine that night and started to sail at 6 p.m. Sept. 14th. All going fine, no one being seasick. On the 15th, all was well, but cloudy and rainy. All was well till in the afternoon, the wind started to blow and we started to get sick. I held it down well, but had to give up and went down to bed and didn’t eat any supper… felt well the next morning. It was foggy but the water was very calm.
Sept. 18th. It started to blow and the sea was quite rough. Sept. 20th. Still blowing hard, and a few being sick, but I am feeling fine and eating my regular meals. We passed a freight steamer and I had the pleasure of seeing the wireless telegraph and seeing them send a message and receive. Sept. 21st. The wind still blowing and nearly all feeling well. We had a good time watching the fish as they would jump out of the water. The sea that we crossed last night was called the Devils Hole and is said to be six miles deep. We are all happy to see the lighthouse on the coast of Ireland. Next morning we woke up to see land. We landed Sept. 22nd. 1911. At 1:40 a.m. we went to the Stoats Hotel and got our rooms, then we went to Pres. Clausons office and had a meeting where we got some very good instructions. Back and had supper. That night we had the privilege of hearing the first Elders speak.
On the street, Sept. 23rd. We went back and bought our tickets to Kobehavn and found out that we had to stay till Monday the 25th. Sunday we went to Sunday school, and that evening we went to the L.D.S. meeting and had a very enjoyable time.
Sept. 28th. We passed the time the best we could till 2:30 p.m., then trained to Srensky and arrived there about 8 o’clock, and boarded the Ficatia Steamship to cross the North Sea to Esbjerg. The North Sea being very quick, we arrived in Esbjerg about 10 o’clock p.m. safe and sound. Took a train which was waiting for us. We had to ferry across the Stour Belt, then we had to ferry across more water, and we took a train to Kobenhavn. Arrived there 9:30 a.m. There were some Elders waiting there to meet us. They took us to their Headquarters and made us welcome. Breakfast was waiting for us. After breakfast we were set apart for our missions by Andrew Jensen. I was set apart to labor in Aarhus Conference which was to be my last. Kobenhavn is a nice city. It is very clean, in fact the cleanest I have seen since I left Salt Lake City. We arrived in Kobenhavn Sept. 27th. We spent the day walking around and taking in the street sights. That night I went to a meeting and we were all introduced by Andrew Jensen, and we bore our testimonies … those that could talk Scandinavian. That was the first time I talked Danish in a congregation. We stayed in Kobenhavn till Oct. 5th, 19111. We seen many things for interest. Many acquaintances and many friends amongst the Saints and Missionaries. We saw places such as gardens and museums.
Oct. 6th. We left for Aarhus at 5:30 p.m. President Jensen being with us, and five of the young ladies came to see us off. We had a very quiet night and slept fine. We arrived in Aarhus Oct. 6th, at 5 o’clock a.m. We had a fine breakfast. For dinner we had a delicious soup, which was very fine.
Oct. 17th. Conference started. The forenoon we heard the reports of the Relief Society. In the afternoon we heard from the different Branches of Aarhus Conference. Sunday afternoon we held a Sunday School Conference. We heard from the different classes and they gave a little program. Andrew Jensen made some closing remarks and also made some changes in the different Branches. I was appointed to labor in Silkebreg with August Nielson as partner.
Monday, 9th. We held priesthood meeting, starting at 9:30 a.m. and closed at 10:40 to go and have our pictures taken, then we continued our priesthood meeting at 2:30 p.m. and dismissed at 5:30. We were invited out to supper. Aarhus is a fine place; the Saints are so thoughtful, they invite the missionaries to their homes.
Tues. Oct 10th, 1911. Four of us went to visit a family about three and a half miles from here. We had dinner with them and had a very fine time. That night I went to a choir concert. It was well attended and the program was very good. I think it touched the hearts of many.
From here on, Erastus apparently became very busy in the work, for the rest of
the notebook is all sorts of notes … laundry lists, and address, birthdays of
relatives, his accounts, lists of money received from home… then addresses of
companions returning home, and many other things.
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