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The Devil at Three to One and Honest John McNamara
Old Senator John McNamara known as Honest John resists bribery in a Chicago bill vote while Shacklett plots a $20,000 payoff for his vote. McKee and Shacklett clash over loyalties as the bid tests nerve, ending with Shacklett planning a Westward exit and a wary liaison with Mary Stoddard amid a political web of honesty and deceit.
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McNamara
Cook County
Kentucky
Illlnois
Logan
Morrison
Dubois
Jesse K. Dubois
Lincoln
John
Shacklett
John McNamara
Putnam
Chicago
Egypt
Noel
Forsythe
Lfe
Walsh
Mary
Senate
Bob
Carrie
Palace
McKee
Auditor's
Penitentiary
Ceenn
Secretary of the Board
Cantwell
Springfield
Calloway
Sommers
Washington
Senators
Mississippi River
Illnois
State Music Teachers’ Association
Heights
Mary Stoddard
Chopin
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mr. Bradbury
Warsaw
Beethoven
Dargomirsky
Des Moines
Mississippi
Miss Stoddard
Mr. Shacklett
Hill
Keokuk