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Iowa and national politics blend with oil land and rail lore
A sprawling column surveys Iowa and national politics with notes on Hiram Johnson and Wood in the presidential mix, Senator Kenyon and railroad figure W. Jones, and local pages on egg prices in Kansas and women winning school board seats. It also covers oil prospects near the Red River, California bean tariffs, and editorial chatter from Des Moines outlets.
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