Wilhelm Schumann, Disloyal German American
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Espionage Act; Babel Defiance; Religion; Informants
Wilhelm Schumann's disloyalty and the situation in Calhoun County
Edwin Wattonville
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/29/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-29; Pomeroy, Iowa; Calhoun County; Fort Dodge, Iowa; Levenworth, Kansas;
Wiersing Defiant
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Defiance; Dutch Language
Wiersing, Dutch pastor, defying Babel.
J. B. De Plender
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/12/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-12; Marion County; Pella, Iowa
Widespread Flouting of Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Defiance
Noting widespread flouting of Babel.
C. A. Doek
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
9/28/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-09-28; Crawford County; Kiron, Iowa
Who Runs the Loyalty League?
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Loyalty League
Asking about authority of and authority over the Loyalty League, in context of their placarding campaign in Ida.
Alfred Haas
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/11/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-11; Ida County; Holstein, Iowa
Wheatland Support
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism;
Strong support from chairman of the Republican Township Committee.
M. H. Curtis
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/28/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-28; Clinton County; Wheatland, Iowa;
What to Do About Pastor Lorenz
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Lutheranism; Religion; Babel Defiance
Concerning the anti-Babel and unpatriotic actions of several local German Americans.
Franklin C. Platt
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/5/1918
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Box #13, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-05; Waterloo, Iowa; Black Hawk County; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Denver, Iowa; Bremer County; Vernon Township
Welsh and Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Welsh Language
Welsh congregation wonders whether "conformity to proclamation to be regarded as test of loyalty?"
D. H. Thomas
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/13/1918
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Telegram
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-13; Howard County; Limesprings, Iowa
Wellsburg Congregations
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Religious Services
On Babel's effects in a Wellsburg congregation.
Delia E. Trussell
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/1/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-01; Grundy County; Wellsburg, Iowa
Weisbrod
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism
Weisbrod to harding
M. Weisbrod
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Undated
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
Kossuth County; Fenton, Iowa
Wayland Telephones
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Telephones
German over the wire in Wayland.
Mrs. Jake Rich
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
10/8/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-10-08; Henry County; Wayland, Iowa