These two letters contain a conversation addressing the possible need to translate German newspapers. While L. Schubbert claimed there was nothing worth translating and the German-Americans seemed to be loyal, H.J. Metcalf still insisted on having…
C.W. Robinson discusses the investigation of Superintendent Lohr of Davis City and says the report of disloyalty is unfounded. Metcalf responds saying the use of government time is wasted investigating false reports.
R.C. Cutting failed to attach the article he wanted to ask H.J. Metcalf about but wrote to him asking to clear up the discrepancies concerning the seed companies that Mr. Wells had published in order to respond
Miller wrote to Metcalf asking if he would be considered an accessory for not informing on his neighbor that he believed to have pro-German sympathies.
T.A. Potter wrote H.J Metcalf asking what type of response and how much response he had received concerning banning the teaching of German in schools, specifically from the School Board of Mason City. To this Metcalf replied that he had received no…
Letter to Theodor Rehder from Max Rehder in 1928 from Sylt, Germany. He discusses his current inability to repay a loan to Theodor, the Dawes Plan, German politics, and his hope that the American Rehders will visit Sylt.
The Weekly Iowa Post
E.J Pleyel, Publisher and Editor
For President: Abraham Lincoln of Illinois.
For Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
Presidential Electors
Jos. A. Chapline of Dubuque Co. Fitz Henry Warren of Des Moines Co. 1st District.…
