• Tags: 1917
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Lauer, pre-Babel, informing on suspicious local German ministers sowing anti-Americanism
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Request from father of soldier son to be deputized in order to stop local Germans.
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Stolba wonders whether he is eligible for army service.
198708-997118 - Gustafson Johnie - May 3, 2016 1000 PM - GustafsonJ BelltoHerbertJ.Metcalf Matcalf_1.jpg

This letter is from the Bell, the Chairman of the County Board of Defense, to Herbert J. Metcalf, dated November 24, 1917. The letter accuses disloyalty in German Lutheran Churches in Ida Grove, Iowa. While he acknowledges that he spoke with a…
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County Council of Defense internal issues.
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Chairman of Republican County Central Committee writes regarding enforcing Babel in German-language parochial schools.
182351-997118 - Brockway Kelly - May 5, 2016 924 AM - BrockwayK_chicagopatrioticfoodshow_Metcalf.jpg

This letter is from the Illinois State Council of Defense. Not only was the letter purpose to ask for personal support, but also it was a state awareness letter. It suggested that if Metcalf could not personally come to the food show, that he should…
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A "simple farmer's wife" encodes her dreams and ships it off "to the government."
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