• Tags: 1917
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Hungerford advises caution regarding action on language issue, as "there is so much politics in the state, and politicians are so active and unfair, I fear the result."
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Business correspondence between state and local German-language press.
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Report of Carroll County COD meeting, with some news of pro-German groups being created.
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Metcalf's man does his business and talks about his draft status.
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County Council of Defense internal issues.
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Concerns over German influence on draft boards, noting the suspicious number of exemptions allowed in Bremer County--and the many new "divinity students" in Wartburg Cemetary.
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Letter of Rec for acquaintance for U.S. Marshals
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Lauer, pre-Babel, informing on suspicious local German ministers sowing anti-Americanism
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Widow of German-American writes from Ohio, noting that husband asked to join secret society of German Americans who would fight for Fatherland in case of war. Centered in Denver, Iowa.
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Concerning unpatriotic actions, and violence, by groups, namely "labor leaders" and those "stirring up dissension among the workers."
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