Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 10, 1882 ~ Monday
10
I received 6 Letters & wrote 1 to Sarah &
sent her $10. I met the Missionaries at the Council
House and the Twelve & seventies & set apart 48
Missionaries I spent the Afternoon writing in my
Journal I attended the Theater in the Evening and heard
Oscar Wild lecture upon the subject of art and Beauty
it was a vary singular lecture indeed and He seemed
a vary singular Man He spoke 50 M[inutes].
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Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills
1854-1900
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Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
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First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
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