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Danny’s Mastoid Surgery (poem)

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I Didn’t Tell My Mother (poem)

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Leora’s Letters: The Audiobook

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“Meadowlark” by Nicholas Dowd

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An Evening With New Iowans

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Iowa State Fair–1909

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An Antique Powder Box and Des Moines’ Salisbury House

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