--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 11 number: 4 published: 1908-02 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "An “Era” in Every Home," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 4 (February 1908): 309.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1104unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1104unse start_page: 309 end_page: 309 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1908-02) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1104unse publication_year: 1908 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1908, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # An “Era” in Every Home AN ERA IN EVERY HOME. The people of the 3rd ward of Brigham City are staunch supporters of the Improvement Era, as indeed are the people of all the wards of that city and of the Box Elder stake. We present in this issue portraits of the officers of the 3rd ward, Brigham City, who have succeeded in obtaining a subscription in every family in that ward for our magazine. For years that ward has had more than 5 per cent of their JOS. M. REEDER. DAVID 0. STOHL. JESSE W. HOOPES. members, subscribers of the Era. The photos were sent at the request of the management of the Improvement Era. The officers write : ' 'In our work this year, as well as last, our aim has been to carry out the suggestion of President Smith and get the Era into every home in our ward ; and while we have not yet quite reached our mark, we feel to praise the Lord for the success we have met with. Our people are loyal to us in this matter. We have been able to talk the Era to them conscientiously, because we are converted to it oursejves, and know that it is a benefit to the home. We have been earnest in our efforts, but yet feel that we have not overdone in any way, but that we could do more; in fact, we fully expect to get more subscriptions. Our association is doing what we think is fairly good work. Our attendance is good, but ought to be better, and we trust it will be. We have tried to do what missionary work we could, but men in business cannot do all they wish to do. We have the full support of the bishopric in our ward, for which we