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The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, La Salle County County, Illinois
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In Cleveland, Ohio, voters elected 12 of 16 school board members favoring free textbooks for pupils. The county delegation backed the measure, which passed the legislature 57-20 despite opposition, supported by labor groups to aid poor children's education.
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Cleveland (Ohio) elected twelve out of her sixteen members of the Board of Education on the issue of furnishing text books free to the pupils. The legislative delegation of the county is solid for the measure. The Legislative Committee on Schools and School Lands reported adversely. A lively discussion followed. The Knights of Labor appeared with a petition and friends urging its passage, to the end that the schools might be free in fact as they are in theory. They claim that it would tend to keep the children of the poor in school. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners also asked for the passage of the bill. The bill passed by a vote nearly three to one,—57 to 20—Journal of Education.
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Cleveland (Ohio)
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the bill passed by a vote of 57 to 20.
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Cleveland elected twelve out of sixteen members of the Board of Education on the issue of furnishing free textbooks to pupils. The county's legislative delegation supported the measure. Despite an adverse report from the Legislative Committee on Schools and School Lands and lively discussion, the Knights of Labor and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners urged passage via petition, claiming it would keep poor children in school. The bill passed nearly three to one.