---
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: 18
number: 3
published: 1915-01
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 18, no. 3 (January 1915).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1803unse
  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: improvementera1803unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XVIII, no. 3). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted; editorial frontispieces are described here.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1803unse
  publication_year: 1915
  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 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, January 1915

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## Contents

- Edward H. Anderson, “Nauvoo Temple Ruins,” 189.
- Charles Lanman, “Nauvoo in 1846,” 191.
- Nephi Anderson, “The Home Field,” 195.
- Solomon F. Kimball, “A King of Western Scouts—II,” 209.
- W. D. Parratt, “Life in a Tree Trunk,” 218.
- Louis W. Larsen, “A Race,” 220.
- W. B. Parkinson Sr., “Alcohol: Its Effects on the Human Body,” 221.
- Henry Nicol Adamson, “The New Year,” 230.
- Nephi Jenson, “Joy,” 231.
- George H. Brimhall, “To Myself,” 233.
- Alfred Lambourne, “The New Year at Gunnison Island,” 234.
- John A. Widtsoe, “Anthon L. Skanchy—III–IV,” 236.
- F. E. Barker, “The Prophet Joseph's Birth,” 242.
- J. C. Hogenson, “Two Moving Word Pictures,” 243.
- Aubrey Parker, “My Babe,” 246.
- Robert C. Webb, “Evolution Not Supported by Embryology,” 247.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “Why Turkey Was Drawn into the War,” 253.
- Grace Ingles Frost, “The Page,” 254.
- Thomas L. Rubey, “The Boy and the Farm,” 255.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editors' Table,” 260.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 265.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 270.
- Evan Stephens, “Mutual Work Helpful Hints,” 274.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 279.