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Businessman wonders what powers he has to act against those still speaking German in public..

Pastor decries Babel and its effect on congregations

Local asks for a "man" to help in enforcement.

Has Harding given Norwegians exemption?

Boone Iowa's Swedish Mission Church

A transcription of Jacob Naumann's church attest, provided courtesy of Ute Brandenburg.

The Black Hawk, the student newspaper of Davenport High School, reported on the' burning of books in German "by about 50 lower classmen."

Employees of the Korn Baking Company in Davenport pose for a photograph around a giant pretzel.

Iowa Brewing Company on the north side of Market Street between Linn Street and Gilbert Street in Iowa City, c. 1909. Founded as the Great Western Brewery in 1857, it was bought in 1873 by John Dostal and later run by his sons as the Dostal Brothers…

Delivery Wagon for Magnus Brewery Beer, Cedar Rapids, c. 1900. The saloon in the background displays the tongue-in-cheek name "The Cedar Rabbits."