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For over the past 60 years the Reference Department of the Des Moines Public Library has kept a card file of answers that were difficult to find and likely to be requested again. Because you never know when you'll need to know which Iowa town published the first advertising calendar! Oh, and we'll be adding new stuff too - check back often.
Phickens
Bullwinkle's Name
Benedictine Bottles
Des Moines Latitude and Longitude
Marvin Katko, an intruder shot and injured by a rigged gun at the Briney farm in 1967, sues the Brineys.
Des Moines City Council Members
