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proceedings. . . . From the beginning, dissension featured the meetings, and long before the close of the war one-half of the membership ceased to attend the sessions." One of the
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Young had been appointed as an interim U.S. Senator in
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reported that "he meetings of the council were irregular, infrequent and always
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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other
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138:"Defense Body Disbands," Des Moines Daily News, 1919-01-11 at 7.
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