Banner 3 of exhibit on "German Iowa and the Global Midwest"

Sample election ballot for the Muscatine city elections of March 4, 1918, published by the Muscatine Herold. By publishing the ballot with an affidavit in German from the City Recorder, the Herold allowed its readers to familiarize themselves in…

Signed: "A Republican." More against Adams, as a "frantic pro-German."

Denunciation of John J. Adams, appointed to state board of defense, signed by "Disgusted Citizen." Claims Adams is a noxious pro-German who would rather than Germany win the war than lose under a Democratic Administration.

Democratic politician gives applauds Harding for "com[ing] into a county like mine and hand[ing] it to the pro-germans."

Support for Babel, although noting its initial resistance in Danish-American communities.