[…] over the intercom to the mounted TV monitors where men in suits and ties reported the latest breaking news. Mark followed the bilingual signs (Puerta/Gate. Salidas/Departures) past the concessions—Burger King, souvenir shops, sports bars—down […]
[…] items the author has managed to miss many important collections of primary sources. Aside from a few newspapers, several contemporary books, a few published journals, and fifteen manuscripts (not all of which are significant) […]
[…] the developing crisis with Spain. On February 16, an editorial in the church organ, the Deseret Evening News, praised the “chivalrous” aid which the Spanish officials in Havana gave to the wounded Americans on […]
[…] the 1950s, President David O. McKay took forthright steps to move the largely domestic church into the international world. Within months after assuming his presidency, he embarked on a series of world tours, much […]
[…] a great pioneer or something,” Tregan said. “My dad said with all these Mormon fundamentalists in the news and that one guy being put on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, the city didn’t want […]
[…] he did visit Palmyra for a speech to the Youth missionary society in October 1822, the Palmyra newspaper still describes him as “Rev. Stockton of Skaneateles.” The earliest contemporary reference to his ministering in […]
[…] political commentator and Latter-day Saint Glenn Beck praised The Real George Washington (published 1991) on his Fox News show as part of his “Founders’ Fridays” series. Beck labeled the book “the best book ever […]
[…] daily life. The Church benefits not only as a user but also as an owner of community newspapers and broadcasting outlets. Through them it can express a viewpoint in a calm and continuing way […]
[…] and directors between 1886 and 1932. Included within the diverse business interests of the Mormon hierarchy were newspapers, books, radio broadcast, telephone, telegraph, construction, brick manufacturing, dairy products, amusement parks, film companies, cemeteries and […]
[…] it is hard to tell just what they will do” (New York Times, 8 Nov. 1890, Deseret News, 7. Nov. 1890). Nevertheless, Miles concluded, “those who have seen the impersonator of the Messiah say […]