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243295-997118 - Spaulding Elizabeth - May 12, 2016 844 PM - SpauldingL_Norwegian-languageInChurches.jpg

Mr. Metcalf writes to a Defense council member in Garner, Iowa, about information he received on a reverend preaching Norwegian at a church. He says there is no clear law against it, although he feels there should be. He says not to agrigate the…
243295-997118 - Spaulding Elizabeth - May 12, 2016 838 PM - SpauldingL_Dow-Longmanresponse.jpg

Mr. Metcalf replies to Almosr Stern regarding his procedure taken with a school teacher becoming married. In his letter, he expresses that school teachers are important during war time, and they should not have dismissed her.
198708-997118 - Gustafson Johnie - May 3, 2016 1000 PM - GustafsonJ ResolutionfromW.L.Harding'sOfficebyH.J.Metcalf Metcalf_1.jpg

This bulletin is from the office of the Governor W. L. Harding, written by Herbert J. Metcalf dated November 23, 1917. The bulletin states that the Iowa State Council of National Defense is proud of the efforts from the women of Iowa. It also states…
185907-997118 - Zinselmeier Matthew - May 4, 2016 937 AM - ZinselmeierM_Image3_Metcalf.JPG

A private correspondence between H.A. Davis and H.J. Metcalf, in which Metcalf has persuaded Davis to
Fremdgeborene und eingeborene Buerger_23May1884.pdf

Article bemoaning potential prohibition as of a piece with longer-lineaged nativist attacks on the civil rights of German Americans.
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Local German preacher expresses disappointment in Babel, especially in light of the German-language stumping he undertook two years ago for the governor, which, he notes, the "election showed [was] not in vain."
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In 1860, the Iowa Wöchentliche Post, a Republican newspaper based in Des Moines, announced the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as Republican candidate for President to its readers.
198708-997118 - Gustafson Johnie - May 3, 2016 1000 PM - GustafsonJ D.J.MurphytoH.J.Metcalf Metcalf_1.jpg

This letter is addressed to Herbert J. Metcalf from D. J. Murphy, and attorney from Waukon, Iowa. This letter informs Metcalf that there is a $136.00 Check enclosed to raise money for the men from Allamakee at Camp Dodge. It was noted that the…
243295-997118 - Spaulding Elizabeth - May 12, 2016 925 PM - SpauldingL_SouthDakotacouncilofdefense.jpg

The secretary of South Dakota state council of defense asks Mr. Metcalf to mail him a copy of all Iowa
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