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Pomeroy Babel Defiance

Wattonville informs on German-language use over telephone and in religious services.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Defiance; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Informants; Religion; Telephones; World War I

Methodist minister writes forceful letter in support of Babel, in which deep-seated anti-Germanism plays no small role.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Methodism; World War I

Place requests closing local German-language institutions, such as the parochial school.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Education; German Language; Lutheranism; World War I

Council responds to Hews, saying not actually legal mechanisms to shut down German-language schools

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Education; German Language; World War I

Chairman of Republican County Central Committee writes regarding enforcing Babel in German-language parochial schools.

Tags: 1917; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Education; German Language; World War I

Packer writes about the Lutheran church removing its American flag, the possible perps, and the community reactions.

Tags: 1917; Disloyalty; Loyalty; Lutheranism; Religion; World War I

No known relationship to the later Iowa Volksblatt in Postville