• Collection: World War I
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Ainsworth's side of the Kreutz case, in which he at first refused to come and then relented when given a public hearing. His fear is evident, and the coercion thick.

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Concessions for Norwegian-speaking parishoners?

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Helder to Harding

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On telephones and language in Pottawattamie

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On Dr. Brandt, a vocal opponent of the Babel Proclamation

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Including newspaper clipping and account of seditious speech from local German farmers.

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Miller in receipt of Harding's letter.

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On Dutch speakers in Taintor.

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Portion of local electrical grid map for Pershing Park in Berlin, Iowa created in 1915. Notably, someone has scratched out "Lincoln" and penciled in "Berlin," demonstrating the pressures felt by German communities in the context of First-World-War…

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Lutheran pastor asks for concession, citing the local Swedish church which is conducting worship in Swedish without molestation, apparently.

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