125 years ago today - Sep 2, 1893

[Heber J. Grant]
In the letter [to Heber M. Wells] I tell of meeting the First Presidency and other friends from Salt Lake, and state that the First Presidency fully approve of my having secured the loan of $250,000 even at the high rate which I paid, and that they felt that my getting the money had saved our banks, and that there was no price too high to pay to prevent the banks temporarily suspending ...

[Source: The Diaries of Heber J. Grant, 1880-1945, Abridged, Digital Edition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]