Concerns over German influence on draft boards, noting the suspicious number of exemptions allowed in Bremer County--and the many new "divinity students" in Wartburg Cemetary.
This letter from Dr. H. L. Avery to Herbert J. Metcalf was a respond a previous letter from Metcalf that was informed about suspicion activity of a German school in Sanborn, Iowa. Metcalf had asked Dr. Avery to investigate. Dr. Avery uncovered that…
The eulogy includes three "episodes" on the life of Dr. Paul Laube, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dubuque, Iowa and faculty member at the University of Dubuque. The eulogy describes Dr. Laube's Christian character, his sentiments…