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  • Collection: World War I

Mr. Metcalf is exchanging letters with the County superintendent of Waukon, Iowa regarding their contributions to the war effort, handing out the gardening pamphlet, and printing this information in the local newspaper The Mirror.

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Passing on letter from local pastor.

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Passing on info regarding speech on Americanization

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Governor's office on situation: "these people cannot be good Americans and continue talking the German language."

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Anderson again on Danes

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Anonymous letter sends clipping on Babel and Catholicism

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Lauer, pre-Babel, informing on suspicious local German ministers sowing anti-Americanism

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Notes that some have taken down signs put up on businesses recently added that state the need to speak th e English language.

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Author notes that all Europeans are foreign to this land and English therefore refused at some point to give up their language for native languages here. Moreover, notes that Iowa only entity outlawing foreign languages.

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Forceful letter against Babel Proclamation, especially section in which letter writer says "if you force me to use the English language

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