Like many newspapers of the period, the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger published annual New Year's greetings for its readers. This greeting includes a poem on the new year of 1889, which reveals the Democratic leanings of the paper by lamenting that Grover…

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How the war was framed as one protecting humanity from Germany and the warning towards German aliens give some interesting context into how they thought about Germans.

Newsman sends copy of article in support of Babel and against other publications critical of governor.

On Babel from press

HJM states that the State Council of Defense has no authority to prevent German ministers from preaching in the German language. Since they can

HJM sends letter to a school official thanking him for and acknowledging the fact that no German, of any sort, has been taught or will be taught in the particular school.

Teacher of Spanish and Italian inquires about their applicability under Babel

What about non-German foreign languages?

"Loyal" Americans of non-German descent against Babel