• Tags: Babel Defiance
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Minister, named Christian Wolters, remarked from pulpit that "heathens were now trying to make them [Germans] use the heathen language."

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Wilhelm Schumann's disloyalty and the situation in Calhoun County

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Wiersing, Dutch pastor, defying Babel.

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Noting widespread flouting of Babel.

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Concerning the anti-Babel and unpatriotic actions of several local German Americans.

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Walnut city marshal notes German defiance of Babel, as they "do not pay any more attention to your order than a hog does to Sunday."

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Wentz and Probst overheard: Probst said he "would talk German when he D--n pleased." Probst grabs brick and walks out before violence, with Wentz saying he was "too big a coward to talk German on the street."

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Thorough denunciation of Babel, listing a number of counterpoints. Included is a newspaper clipping speaking about Korab's letter to the governor.

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Informing on Henry Jess, who persists in speaking German over phone

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Neighbor informs on Swedish Americans--just as pro-German, apparently, as any German American--flagrantly resisting Babel in church services.

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