Civil War is upon us. People's passions are kindled, all party distinctions fall away, and everyone must adopt a firm stance. Whatever our differences of opinion before, we are all in agreement that this Union, which took us in under its protective…

Worker in general store notes Germans saying they'll "talk German whenever they please."

This is a letter talking about the new organization known as Farmer

The letter asked about Pamphlets information that promote schools and patriotism which was made by the Iowa State Council of Defense

Letter from local German-American reverend.

Pannkuk asking for more clarifications regarding preaching.

German still being used telephonically in Panora.

Shimck writes about need to differentiate between German and non-German foreign-language parochial schools.

Wondering how Babel affects the teaching of foreign languages in parochial schools.