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Indictment of school-book ring plans in Indiana politics
Reports from Indiana and Cairo describe an organized effort by old school-book interests to influence the next state legislature and repeal a new law. The campaign allegedly targets county nominating conventions across parties, with inspectors watching Republican and Democratic counties. The piece also surveys local incidents and notable events across multiple Indiana counties, plus urban and river trade notes from Cairo, Illinois.
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IndranaPpouis
Supreme Court
Jeffersonville
Mary Hooper
Rachel Ferguson
Utica
Miss Ferguson
Miss Hooper
Indianapolis
Thompson and Knowles
Jerre Latte
Chicago
Geo. Kellar
Fountain County
Walter Christie
Cireenfield
Matttie McCall
Daviess County
David Hutchinson
Goshen
Morgan
Daviess
Allan McLain
Danville
Fivanaville
Richmond
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Marion
Anderson
Kokomo
Muncie
Joe Kilter
Montgomery County
New Richmond
Joe
W.S. Sage
Knox County
EL & TW
Sage
Purcell Station
Polytechnic
Bradford
Harrison County
Misa Rosa Moore
Bloomington
Indiana
Hermann
Lincoln
Princeton Clarion
Rep
Rosa Daskum
Elkhart
South Bend “Society
James Darrow
Geo. Gregory
Union City
Vicksburg
Tad Gallaghter
John Oswald
Princeton
Bartholomew County
Lebanon
Patrick Flynn
Porter County
Gottlieb Walter
Huntington County
N. J. Craft
Rockford
Lexington Public School
Joes
Mary Deppe
Saline County
Hast St. Louisa
Centerville
Cairo
St. Louis
Egypt
Illinois
Springfield
United States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Mississippi
South
Joseph B. Williams
New Orleans
Congress
Ohio River
Illinois Central R. R