---
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: 12
number: 3
published: 1909-01
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Cover, Masthead, and Contents," *Improvement Era* 12, no. 3 (January 1909): 169–248.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1203unse
  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: improvementera1203unse
start_page: 169
end_page: 248
curator_note: "Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising and subscription leaves are intentionally omitted: leaves 1–4 and leaves 85–86; editorial folios 169–248 map to source leaves 5–84."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1203unse
  publication_year: 1909
  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 1909, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*. Volume 12, no. 3. January 1909. Organ of the Priesthood Quorums and the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; published at Salt Lake City by the General Board.

## Contents

- Smith, Joseph, “The King Follett Discourse.”
- Cummings, D. W., “God Wills It.”
- Squires, Laurence, “Switzerland.”
- Stewart, M. A., “Grandpa's Boy.”
- Anderson, Edward H., “In and Around Salt River Valley.”
- Curtis, Theo. E., “Gladys.”
- Jordan, William George, “Self-Control—VIII: Syndicating Our Sorrows.”
- Johnson, C. E., “Mission Presidents, United States.”
- Parry, Edwin F., “Herbert Melbourne—III.”
- Hyde, W. A., “The Woodchuck and I.”
- Hickman, J. E., “The Tragedy and Triumph of Youth—III: Get an Inspiration and Follow It.”
- Haddock, Lon J., “You Can Win.”
- Townsend, Joseph L., “Every Day Religion.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor's Table: Not a Revelation.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions.”
- Roberts, B. H., “Seventy's Council Table.”
- Kohlberg, Wm. J., “Don't Worry, Dear.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work: Policy of the Y. M. M. I. A.; Programs of Conjoint Meetings; Notes.”