115 years ago today - Feb 13, 1899; Monday

[Anthony Ivins Journal] [Proposed questions for Bishop in Mormon Mexican colonies] ... Should dancing parties be permitted in private houses. Dancing in private houses should be discouraged, but if people insist in having parties in their houses it cannot be prevented. Should parties who come to the colony without recommends be permitted to acquire town lots: Where parties who have no recommends apply for lots[,] their past conduct should be carefully inquired into and if they retain the faith and are worthy they should be admitted to the colony and given lots. But if they are not members of the Church or are unworthy: No.

[Source: 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)]

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