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See also:DES MOINES , the See also:capital and the largest See also:city of See also:Iowa, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of See also:Polk county, in the See also:south central See also:part of the See also:state, at the confluence of the See also:Raccoon with the Des Moines See also:river. Pop. (1890) 50,093; (1900) 62,139, of whom 7946 were See also:foreign-See also:born, including 1907 from See also:Sweden and 1432 from See also:Germany; (1910 See also:census) 86,368. Des Moines is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago & See also:North-Western, the Chicago See also:Great Western, the Chicago, See also:Milwaukee& St See also:Paul, the Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the See also:Wabash, the Minneapolis & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, and the Des Moines, Iowa Falls & See also:Northern See also:railways; also by several interurban electric lines. The See also:chief See also:building in Des Moines is the State Capitol, erected at a cost of about $3,000,000; other important buildings are the public library (containing, in 1908, 40,415 volumes), the See also:court See also:house, the See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, the Iowa State See also:Historical building, a large auditorium and two hospitals. As a manufacturing centre the city has considerable importance. Among the leading products are those of the furnaces, foundries and See also:machine shops, See also:flour and grist See also:mills, planing mills, creameries, See also:bridge and See also:iron See also:works, See also:publishing houses and a packing house; and See also:brick, See also:tile, pottery, patent medicines, See also:furniture, caskets, tombstones, carriages, See also:farm machinery, See also:Portland See also:cement, See also:glue, gloves and, See also:hosiery. The value of the factory product in 1905 was $15,084,958, an increase of 79.7 % in five years. The city is in one of the most productive See also:coal regions of the state, has a large jobbing See also:trade, and is an important centre for the See also:insurance business. The Iowa state See also:fair is held here annually. In 1908 this city had a See also:park See also:system of 7 50 acres. Des Moines is the seat of Des Moines See also:College, a Baptist institution, co-educational, founded in 1865 (enrolment, 1907-1908, 214); of See also:Drake University (co-educational; founded in 1881 by the Disciples of See also:Christ; now non-sectarian), with colleges of liberal arts, See also:law, See also:medicine, dental See also:surgery and of the See also:Bible, a conservatory of See also:music, and a normal school, in which are departments of See also:oratory and commercial training, and having in 1907-1908 1764 students, of whom 520 were in the summer school only; of the Highland Park College, founded in 1890; of See also:Grand View College (Danish Lutheran), founded in 1895; and of the Capital City commercial college (founded 1884). A new city See also:charter, embodying what has become known as the " Des Moines See also:Plan " of municipal See also:government, was adopted in 1907. It centralizes See also:power ina See also:council of five (See also:mayor and four council-men), nominated at a non-See also:partisan See also:primary and voted for on a non-partisan See also:ticket by the See also:electors of the entire city, See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward divisions having been abolished. Elections are biennial. Other city See also:officers are chosen by the council, and city employees are selected by a See also:civil service See also:commission of three members, appointed by the council. The mayor is See also:superintendent of the See also:department of public affairs, and each of .the other administrative departments (accounts and finances, public safety, streets and public improvements, and parks and public See also:property) is under the See also:charge of one of the councilmen. After See also:petition signed by a number of voters not less than 25% of the number voting at the preceding municipal See also:election, any member of the council may be removed by popular See also:Vote, to which all public franchises must be submitted, and by which the council may be compelled to pass any law or See also:ordinance.
A fort called Fort Des Moines was established on the site of the city in 1843 to protect the rights of the Sacs and Foxes. In 1843 the site was opened to See also:settlement by the whites; in 1851 Des Moines was incorporated as a See also:town; in 1857 it was first chartered as a city, and, for the purpose of a more central location, the seatof government was removed hither from Iowa City. A fort was re-established here by See also:act of See also:Congress in 190o and named Fort Des Moines. It is occupied by a full See also:regiment of See also:cavalry.
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