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Des Moines news mixes reform plans with local disputes
Des Moines faces civic quarrels over water and telephones while a reform wave grows. The city backs home factories to aid employment as brick plants shut down and Valley Junction plans a big boom. Saloon tensions rise as court cases unfold with property owners divided. Weather and crop notes forewarn reduced yields, and Booker T. Washington will speak to Iowa educators. Major McKinley gains support as November nears.
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