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Des Moines Letters Reveal City Fights Over Public Projects
Our Des Moines Letter outlines lengthy battles over a new public library site slated on the old arsenal land, an auditorium, a Union depot, and a modern courthouse. It notes political fights, looming injunctions, and a shift of Iowa focus toward the Trans Miss Exposition in Omaha, plus a September Des Moines carnival and a new state creamery testing law. It also covers Iowa youths urged to join the Cuba cause with Captain Wheeler and remarks by Li P Sigsbee on the Maine incident and looming war with Spain.
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Des Moines
Arsenal
Union Depot
Sam
Omaha
Iowa
Board of Control
Independence
State Agricultural College
Maine
Havana
United States
Spain
England
Russia