Kerfuffle over lecture on a "German subject" by an "enemy alien."

This letter from Dr. H. L. Avery to Herbert J. Metcalf was a respond a previous letter from Metcalf that was informed about suspicion activity of a German school in Sanborn, Iowa. Metcalf had asked Dr. Avery to investigate. Dr. Avery uncovered that…

HJM asks Dr. Avery to investigate the new school in Sanborn that is teaching nothing but German. He suggests the school might have been organized for unpatriotic purposes which would give them the jurisdiction to intervene.

Support in Sioux City.

Forceful editorial against Babel Proclamation, citing easy reconcilability of Germanness and American national identity.

Dispensing with German study in public schools.

On seditious literature in Grundy County.

Masthead from Iowa Banner in Iowa City

Dual-language statement on occasion of first issue, discussing paper and editorial stance on numerous issues. He explicitly states his opposition to the party and political platform of Iowa City's other German-language paper as a reason for starting…

Poem titled 'Stay German' advocating retaining German language use in German-American families.