• Tags: Army
6  3  18 (1).JPG

Forceful stance against local preacher--Rev. Bodenschneider--continuing to use German. Suggests this "fellow get what is coming to him."
5  25  18 (1).JPG

Carson writes of recent meeting in Sibley, where a patriotic German spoke against the Kaiser. Carson suggests using him to write something pro-Babel to disseminate to state's Germans.
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Empathetic note from local Loyalty League seeking concession for mother who has recently lost son in service in France.
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Harding allows the concession, although note that the war is over at this point.
11  15 (1).JPG

Writing over Babel from German-American, whose mother was born in Germany.
9  24  17 (1) clark.JPG

Concerns over German influence on draft boards, noting the suspicious number of exemptions allowed in Bremer County--and the many new "divinity students" in Wartburg Cemetary.
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