Wants to surreptitiously check out men in question. They should be "taught a drastic lesson."

Maybe a prelude to Babel! Responder notes that Spencer brings up issues of "foreign language schools" for first time and that he'll look into it.

Local letterwriter to Harding

The document is a church attest from Jacob Naumann's pastor in Wiebelskirchen, certifying Naumann as a member in good standing of the local Lutheran congregation and asking all Lutheran pastors in the U.S. to receive him into their congregations. The…

Jakob Naumann confirmation certificate.

Civil war hymn book kept by Union solider Jacob Nauman, featuring a defaced section on temperance.

A "simple farmer's wife" encodes her dreams and ships it off "to the government."

This letter is addressed to Herbert J. Metcalf from the Publicity Secretary of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety dated October 18, 1917. The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety notified Metcalf that they are sending various booklets,…

In this letter, The American Red Cross, more specifically the Director-General of Civilian Relief, is thanking H. J. Metcalf for the cooperation with the Red Cross. The Director-General of Civilian Relief is also asking H. J. Metcalf to send…

Letter addressing an educational campaign aimed towards providing patriotic literature in order to mobilize Minnesotan families in the war effort.