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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1896
Page
12
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Fragmented OCR reads like a chaotic public notice and editorial montage. It mentions Andrew Fraser announcing candidacy for the United States Senate, references Blaine Blanchard and Wig etc, and discusses a weekly edition with subscription prices, urging civic and economic topics over politics while noting Reynolds, Webster Signal, and Baton Rouge concerns.
The New Orleans grand jury sought private dispatches from telegraph companies to investigate alleged election tampering. Judge Vergne and district attorney Batlar face political pressure as calls grow to go behind returns and expose any misconduct before the legislature next session.
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