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Des Moines Racoon name debate and local notices
A local column discusses subscription rates and advertising costs, then laments shrinking country weekly papers versus city dailies. It muses on Des Moines Racoon river naming and preservation of local weeklies, and ends with a bank fraud alert about Jake Miller fleeing with checks and a scarred suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country
City Daily
Country Weekly
Masses
Des Moines
Racoon
Bonnie Coon
Iowa
John Wesley Smith
Mary
Polk
James Patrick O'Riley
Bridget
John Wesley
J. Percival Smythe
Mayrye
Pat O’riley
Orille
Bridgets
Peryle Oreille
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