may 9 18.JPG

Complaint regarding use of German. Note: asks government to intervene with Reverend Kurtz, same one who months earlier had vowed to comply with Babel.

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may 15 18.JPG

Metcalf's response to Carlson's letter.

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may 21 18.JPG

Summerset Township chairman reporting on Kurtz's services. All seems on the up and up, in line with the privileges given him earlier to speak German selectively to older members. He also has demonstrated patriotism in other means.

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Three-page handwritten letter to Governor Harding on German Language Issue

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june 6 18.JPG

Short letter noting acts of disloyalty throughout town.

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june 7 18.JPG

Pledge from three members of county council of defense in support of measure.

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Report over foreign-language use on telephone. It is unclear whether the language is German or "Swiss."

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jul7 27 18.JPG

Resolutions in support of Babel against local newspapers which criticized Harding over Babel.

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The father of a soldier writes Harding, noting that Germans in town "congregate" and speak German in "their sneering way."

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Reverend Zimmerman of local German church has apparently changed preaching method, notes the letter writer happily.

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