---
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: 20
number: 3
published: 1917-01
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* 20, no. 3 (January 1917).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2003unse
  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: improvementera2003unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XX, no. 3). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted. Scan leaves were mapped to visible printed folios before transcription; unnumbered frontispiece material is retained without invented page markers.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2003unse
  publication_year: 1917
  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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, January 1917

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## Contents

- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Honor of President Francis M. Lyman,” 193.
- Joseph F. Smith Jr., “Salvation for the Dead—I,” 196.
- Myrtle Young, “The Strength of the Hills: A Story,” 200.
- Guy C. Coleman, “The Stars: A Poem,” 206.
- Joseph Smith Fish, “A Grandfather's Prediction,” 207.
- Harold H. Jenson, “In the Wasatch Wonderland,” 210.
- Albert L. Wilkes, “The Volcano Kilauea,” 211.
- Grace Ingles Frost, “A New Year's Reverie: A Poem,” 214.
- Milton Bennion, “Probable Moral Effects of the War,” 215.
- George D. Kirby, “Character,” 220.
- H. C. McDonough, “Lost—A Little Child: A Poem,” 222.
- Youth's Companion, “The Higher Law,” 223.
- Thomas W. Brookbank, “A Study in American Hebraic Names—II,” 224.
- Hetty Geldard, “My Homeland in the West: A Poem,” 236.
- De Voe Woolf, “Extent of Prohibition in Canada,” 237.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “A Zuni Village,” 239.
- Evan Stephens, “The Truth, Boys, the Truth: Song with Music,” 240.
- Frank C. Steele, “The Passing of 1916: A Poem,” 241.
- John Henry Evans, “Heber J. Grant,” 242.
- Lydia D. Alder, “Lake Maggoire: A Poem,” 248.
- Alfred Lambourne, “Althea: A Story,” 250.
- Elsie Chamberlain Carroll, ““Cast Thy Bread”: A Story,” 253.
- Joseph F. Smith, “Editors' Table: Social Doings,” 259.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 260.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 267.
- T. C. Hoyt, “Achievement: A Poem,” 270.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 271.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 279.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “The “Noisy Seven”: A Poem,” 284.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “General Efficiency Report of Y. M. M. I. A. for November, 1916,” 285.