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80-plus years ago, book by Davis author served as gift to missionaries from...
More evidence that the bookshelves and basements of Latter-day Saints’ homes provide historical value: I’m holding in my hands a book titled, “Flashes From the Eternal Semaphore,” written by Leo J....
View ArticleLDS Church, pols failed to enforce cigarette prohibition in 1920s Utah
(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) One of the more amusing episodes in Utah history is the LDS Church-directed effort to ban cigarette smoking in the state. Passed by...
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Mormon one-size-for-all Sacramental goblet was a casualty of the progressive era
(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) I was talking to an elderly woman in my LDS ward and I asked her if her father had mentioned partaking of the Sacrament in a large...
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Diaries of the ‘cowboy apostle’ Ivins include secret Mormon plural marriages,...
Anthony I. Ivins On Sept. 12, 1932, Mormon apostle Anthony W. Ivins, first counselor to LDS President Heber J. Grant, made this diary entry. “On this date Prest. [Heber J.] Grant, who has been unwell...
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