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207018-997121 - Hewitt Natalie Jo - May 6, 2016 1159 PM - HewittN_PublicSchoolsAndChurchesLetter_Metcalf_Page1.jpg

This letter is written by a citizen of Clarence, Iowa, stating that German was not being taught in any of the public schools. After pointing this out, the writer informs his subject that there was a German Lutheran Church conducting its services in…
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Anecdotal reports on the increase in the demand for whiskey, activities of possible informants at pharmacies, and a beer-free circus.
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
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…
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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.
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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."
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.
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
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