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-- 170 years ago today - Nov 19, 1855 --
The grand jury presented ... indictments against John F. Coffman & Joseph Holman for trading with the Indians. (1)
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-- 155 years ago today - Nov. 19th 1870 --
Prest. Kimball made some energetic remarks on the first adoption of the principle of Co-operation in this valley. Gentile merchants took it for granted that the people would obey counsel and were glad to sell out but when Prest. Rich gave permission to some of the brethren to trade with the Gentiles on account of the circumstances surrounding them advantage was taken of it and Gentile trading was increased until now it was nearly as prevalent as ever. He called upon the brethren to repent of these things and take the gospel entire and not merely believe and practice a part of it. Prest. Rich said Co-operation was intended ultimately to do away with the importation of goods. Through the command of greater capital Gentiles were enabled to sell their goods a little cheaper than we can but if we had the faith in Prest.. Young that we should have we would not think of attributing these little differences to dishonest workings. (2)
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-- 135 years ago today - Nov 19, 1890 --
[President Wilford Woodruff]
I had an interview with Joseph L Lee a hunter and preacher of the Josephite [RLDS] Order. He wanted me to let him have our tabernacles to preach in & warn the people to go back to Jackson County & those who did not go would be Destroyed. I told him we did not believe in him or his mission.
A Colored woman Called upon me & wanted us to make a Donation to help them to build a Methodist Meeting House (3)
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-- 110 years ago today - Nov 19, 1915 --
Joe Hill was executed on 19 November 1915 after appeals for clemency from Helen Keller, President Woodrow Wilson, and the Swedish ambassador were ignored, although there were many who believed Joe Hill was innocent. (4)
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-- 105 years ago today - Nov 19, 1920; Friday --
[Apostle Anthony Ivins]
Should children who are not in the church be permitted to partake of the sacrement.[?] (5)
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-- 60 years ago today - Nov 19, 1965 --
David O. McKay met privately with Ezra Taft Benson, who "gave a report on the serious inroads the Communists have made in this country…. I am convinced that our country is already on the road to Socialism, and that the Communists are making gains here." Benson then suggested that McKay's new counselor, Thorpe Isaacson, be sent to a two-day John Birch Society seminar in December to learn about "Communism and conditions in our country." McKay agreed. Isaacson later elected not to go to the seminar. (6)
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1 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
2 - Paris ward - Bear Lake Stake - School of the Prophets minutes 1869-72, typescript by Michael Nielsen
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
4 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Capital Punishment, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/
5 - Anderson, Elizabeth Oberdick, editor, Cowboy Apostle: The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins: 1875-1932, Signature Books, Salt Lake City in association with the Smith-Pettit Foundation (2013) - http://bit.ly/AnthonyIvins
6 - David O. McKay diary as referenced in Gregory A. Prince and Wm. Robert Write, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press (2005)
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