Measured Response
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Compliance; German Americans; Generational Divide
Opening: "I have just preached my last German sermon." Notes the generational divide and asks several questions.
O. E. Krieger
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/26/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-26; Burlington, Iowa; Des Moines County
Patriotic Speech
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Loyal Germans
Report of "patriotic" speech by Schleswig German.
J. P. Conner
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
4/13/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-04-13; Denison, Iowa; Crawford County; Schleswig, Iowa
Babel and Norwegian
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Norwegian Language; Lutheranism; Babel Compliance
Concessions for Norwegian-speaking parishoners?
A. N. Grimm
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
8/17/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-08-17; Cerro Gordo County; Clear Lake, Iowa
Norwegian Pastor Supports Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Norwegian Language; Lutheranism; Babel Compliance
Norwegian Lutheran pastor supports Babel.
Richard M. Vordale
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/20/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-20; Cerro Gordo County; Mason City, Iowa;
"Amen" to Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; German-American Support for Babel; Business; Army Service; Kaiser; German Army
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.
Robert N. Carson
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/25/1918
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Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-25; Iowa City, Iowa; Johnson County; Sibley, Iowa