The Remedy for Pioneer Chapped Lips

What was the cure for chapped lips at the time of the Prophet Joseph Smith?

a.      Bee’s wax

b.      Candle wax

c.       Ear wax

d.      Moustache wax

Yesterday’s answer:

C)   Take an oath of allegiance to the United States

During the Civil War, male born citizens of the United States were forced to stop at Fort Bridger and take an oath of allegiance to the country. Noncitizens were forced to take an oath of neutrality.

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Their Faces Toward Zion (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996), 121.