100 Years Ago: Exile, USS Utah, Elections

December 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Battleship Utah

The Battleship “Utah,” turned over to the government by the builders, the New York Ship-building Company, on August 30, was placed in commission at the Philadelphia Navy yard on August 31, with Captain W. S. Benson in command. It joined the Atlantic fleet soon as supplies were put on board. “Utah” is the fifth of the all-big-gun type to be launched, is 551 feet long, and has a displacement of 21,825 tons. It developed 21.63 knots on the speed test. It has ten 12-inch guns mounted in five turrets.

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100 Years Ago: House Seat, Reciprocity, Liquor

October 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New York City Prohibition

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of October 1911. Utah Gains House Member Congress at the extra session passed the Congressional Reapportionment Bill, fixing the future House membership at 433 instead of the present 391. It provides for increased representation according to population, without reducing the membership from any state. This gives [...]

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100 Years Ago: Saloons, Tobacco, Amusements

September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Milk separator

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of September 1911. The editors receive many suggestions, criticisms and commendations, from the readers of the Improvement Era, of general interest to the public. Some of these good things, we are tempted to print from time to time: Saloons Open More Than Churches Have you ever [...]

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100 Years Ago: George V, Freece, Silver Service Fund

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King George V

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of August 1911. King George V King George V received the crown of his ancestors on Thursday, June 22, in Westminster Abbey, amid the manifestations of love and loyalty from the people on every hand. Without a hitch, and with every circumstance of historic pomp, the [...]

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100 Years Ago: Hotel Utah, Lawsuit, and Hatchetations

July 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Joseph Smith Memorial Building

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of July 1911. “Hatchetations” Carry A. Nation, made famous because she began a campaign in Wichita, Kansas, December 17, 1900, against the saloons, by smashing furniture and windows with a hatchet, died in Leavenworth, Kansas, June 9. Carry Moore was born in Kentucky, in 1846, and [...]

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100 Years Ago: Congressman, Stories, and Savings

June 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Postal Savings Depository window

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of June 1911. Another Congressman On the morning of April 27 the House of Representatives passed a bill providing for the enlargement of the National House of Representatives from 391 to 433 members. The apportionment to the several states will be made on the basis of [...]

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100 Years Ago: War On Mormons Is Waged In Britain

May 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Trapped By The Mormons

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of April 1911 Investigation of Mormon activity Investigation of “Mormon” activity in England will be made by the House of Commons. On the 6th of March, Secretary Churchill stated that the attention of the government had been attracted to recent allegations that young girls were being [...]

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100 Years Ago: Tax, Tax, Tax

April 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tax_return

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazines of April 1911 and May 1911. Inheritance Tax The largest inheritance tax on record in the United States was lately received by the state of Utah. The check, dated March 1, 1911, was received by State Treasurer David Mattson, on the 9th of March, from Mrs. [...]

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100 Years Ago: 1st Flag, 9th Legislature, 61st Congress

April 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Flag of Utah

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of April 1911. First State Flag An official state flag for Utah, to be given to the Battleship Utah together with the silver service, has been officially adopted by the legislature. The flag was made by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and presented by them [...]

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100 Years Ago: General Conference Statistical Report

April 2, 2011 By 4 Comments
Joseph F. Smith

An excerpt from President Joseph F. Smith’s April 1911 General Conference opening address: I have had prepared just a few little statements which will indicate to you, I think, better perhaps than I could tell you from memory, although they are familiar to me, the condition of the Church and of the labors and accomplishments [...]

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100 Years Ago: Wireless, Parliament, Cities of the Sun

March 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Experiments_in_wireless_telegraphy

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of March 1911. Wireless Telegraphy Wireless telegraphy has achieved a new triumph. The telegrams announced, a few days ago, that a physician on an ocean inner prescribed for and cured a case of ptomain-poisoning on a ship, eight hundred miles from the physician; and likewise the [...]

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100 Years Ago: Insurrection, Death, North Pole

March 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Robert Peary and Bob Bartlett

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of March 1911. Insurrection In Mexico (Again) The insurrection in Mexico, in the interest of Francisco de Madero, the defeated candidate for the presidency, which broke out on November 17 last, is still in progress in northern Mexico. Considerable trouble has been experienced by roving bands [...]

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100 Years Ago: War, Death, and Western Pacific

February 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Andrew Carnegie

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of February 1911. No More War? For the abolition of international war, Mr. Andrew Carnegie has transferred to a board of trustees, twenty-seven in number, Senator Root of New York as president, ten million dollars, in five per cent first mortgage bonds.The proceeds, five hundred thousand [...]

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100 Years Ago: Wards, Liquor, and Lynchings

February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Utah State Capitol

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of February 1911. Number of Wards The number of wards in the various stakes of Zion increased from 689, in 1909, to 696 in 1910. There are now 62 stakes, not including the California mission, where five wards were organized in 1910. Duchesne stake, with four [...]

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100 Years Ago: Women, Corn, and Census

January 9, 2011 By 3 Comments
Genevieve Clark

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of 100 years ago. Women’s Right To Vote Women gained the right to vote, in the November 8 election of 1910 in the state of Washington. Woman suffrage amendments to the state constitutions were submitted in that state, in Oregon, South Dakota and Oklahoma, and all [...]

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100 Years Ago: Leading You Around The Gallery

January 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Improvement Era

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of 100 years ago. In the spring of 1894, Elder Squires was serving as a missionary in Leipsic, Germany. He welcomed a new companion, fresh to the mission field, and showed him around the city. After touring the great market-hall and the library, they went to [...]

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