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Des Moines Letter Details Legislature Limits and Local Festivities
May 17 1902 Des Moines reports Gov Cummins will not call an extra session as funds near depletion. The State faces deaf school funding needs and law exam reforms expand bar requirements. Rural school consolidation and teacher wage talks dominate. G A R encampment and multiple conventions flood hotels. Police case tensions rise with Carter indictment. Supreme Court rulings affect non resident liquor sales. Sunday School congress details and travel fare rates conclude the overview.
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