Church Leaders Reply to 10 Critics at LDS Conference
At the eight semiyearly conference in Salt Lake City on October 6 President Smith and Apostle Reed Smoot defend the Mormon church against global slanders. They urge members to live pure lives, recount missionary work, and emphasize duty, humility, and separation from worldly excess.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Smith
Taft
Reed Smoot
Apostle
John Flenry Smith
Hebert Grant
Joseph I. Smith
John Henry Smith
Apostle Grant
Closing Session of Conference Marks Unified Mormon Rally
One of the greatest temple gatherings closes the conference with memorials to Orson Pratt. President Joseph F Smith denounces mobocracy and urges laws protecting life and liberty. A unanimous sustaining vote follows for church readers and officers as apostles and patriarchs testify to doctrinal faith.
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Righteous Frog
Hives
D O McKay
Apostle McKay
C W Penrose
George PF Richards
Francis M Lyman
Wyrum M Smith
George A Smitth
Joseph Smith
Smith
Church of God
Church
Temple Grounds
Orson Pratt
Assembly Hall
Joseph F Smith
Hebert Grant
President Smith
Joseph F. Smith
Seymour B Young
John Smith
Salt Lake Saloon Owner Bertilli Shot While Rabbit Hunting
Anthony Bertilli, 40, Salt Lake City saloon owner and Tooele bar proprietor near Bingham, was shot dead Sunday during a rabbit hunt in the Oquirrh range near Lark Bertilli. His only companion James Nick of Victoria grocery store Tungham is held in Dingham on suspicion of involvement.
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Salt Lake City
Anthony Bertill
Bingham
Oquir Oquirch
Lark Bertelli
James Nick
Victoria
Tungham
Nick
Dingham
Tough on the Mule in Philadelphia Event
William Piffen a 33 year old Black man in Philadelphia was kicked in the head by a mule while handling four of the animals. He was knocked down but recovered. The mule had a broken leg and was shot following the incident.
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Philadelphia
William Piffen
Piffen
Monarchist Efforts Falter as Portuguese Civil War Earns Uncertain Reports
Lisbon reports conflicting news on the monarchist movement in the north as republican troops hold their ground. Monarchists fled Vinbacs with pursuing forces at the frontier. several monarchists were killed and two republicans wounded. Galicia dispatches claim monarchists are demoralized and leaders fail to rally advance. Portuguese premier Joao Chagas informs the Paris delegation of government actions.
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Lisbon
Vinbacs
Galicia
Portugal
Joan Chagas
Paris
Royalist Rising Suppressed in the North
Reports state authorities have taken all necessary steps to repress the northern royalist movement and restore tranquility throughout the country. The note asserts that order prevails across regions.
Utah State Fair Sets Attendance and Exhibit Records
Utah fair directors report record crowds and exhibits with 22 000 visitors on closing day and over 60 000 attending Taft’s Thursday address. The event showcased cattle horses livestock racing and statewide products, with broad county representation and no major accidents.
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Salt Lake City
Taft
Fair Grounds
Utah
Colorado Springs Hero Confesses Log Chain Theft After Rail Plunge Hero Award
Raymond Wood of Colorado City confessed four hours after being hailed as a hero for saving a passenger train from a 1000 foot drop. He admitted stealing five feet of log chain and wrapping it around the outside rail just before the Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs train carrying 400 passengers reached the perilous point.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Raymond Wood
Colorado City
Cripple Creek
Silver Dollar Saves Officer In Butte Riot
In Butte Montana two officers fought a small riot Saturday morning and one revolver discharged injuring the other officer in the groin. A silver dollar in the pocket deflected the bullet, leaving only a scratch and the officer claims to become a devout Christian.
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Butte, Mont
Pink Roses and a Hidden Garden Affair
Delicia a pink clothed writer in a shared garden falls for Martin Duane the man tending the next garden who wins her heart by pruning roses and ultimately buys the property Their secret romance blossoms amid vines and a moonlit pursuit culminating in a pink rose sealed with a promise of a shared hidden haven.
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Deliela
Delicia
June
Hell
Deticia
Soula
Scott
Martin Duane
Brute
Young Seaman Aimlessly Travels From Georgia to New York
A 15 year old Pinera High School student from Georgia wandered through Savannah Hamburg Leith Dundee and London to reach New York seeking shelter. He carried a letter from Daniel Swenson assistant secretary of the Savannah Port Society stating his parents consented to travel as a seaman or ship’s master. Fall said the boy was hungry, had been in New York days, spent money and could not find work. he was sent to the Children's Society.
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John Dudley Hall
Pinera
New York
Savannah
Hamburg
Germany
Leith
Scotland
Dundee
Hambburg
London
England
Daniel Swenson
Fall
Children’s Society
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