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237175-997121 - Khader Mitchell - Mar 6, 2016 119 PM - KhaderM_Instructions for Poster Placement of Silo Construction Propaganda_Metcalf.jpg

This brief notice from the Iowa Council of Defense encourages a (presumably once included) poster to be displayed clearly so as to facilitate the building of more silos and thereby increase necessary wartime production.
237175-997121 - Khader Mitchell - Mar 6, 2016 119 PM - KhaderM_Invitation to Silo Manufacturers to Discuss Increased Silo Construction in Iowa_Metcalf.jpg

This letter is an invitation (sent out to numerous silo manufacturers) to attend a luncheon in which attention will be brought to the need to increase silo construction on Iowa farms.
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Man of the people notes that many long-time German residents still cannot speak English.
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A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as theā€¦
224259-997118 - Jensen Eric - May 5, 2016 105 PM - JensenE__SuccessfulFarming__Metcalf.jpg

The letter is from the Successful Farming business which sets plans for young farming families to make sure that they enjoy their jobs and want to continue farming for years to come.
250530-997118 - Lusk MollyMaeve - May 2, 2016 111 PM - LuskM_Letters between R.C. Cutting and H.J. Metcalf, January 8, 1918_Metcalf_Page1.JPG

R.C. Cutting failed to attach the article he wanted to ask H.J. Metcalf about but wrote to him asking to clear up the discrepancies concerning the seed companies that Mr. Wells had published in order to respond
184899-997118 - Nelson Kaitlyn - May 12, 2016 703 PM - NelsonK_R. K. Bhis to Herbert J. Metcalf, Dec. 1, 1917_Metcalf.jpg

This is a letter to Herbert J. Metcalf asking for him to send Bhis one hundred copies of the Governor
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Rand extrapolates on original plan, basically anticipating the program as it looks in WWII
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