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257578-997118 - Van Eldik Noah - May 3, 2016 507 PM - VanEldikN_LetterregardingGermanlanguage_Metcalf9.jpe

The Buffalo Center Commercial club sent in a letter regarding getting rid of the German language in and around Buffalo Center. A group of farmers gather at the post office and speak in German everyday and the club wants to get rid of this. The…
207018-997121 - Hewitt Natalie Jo - May 6, 2016 1159 PM - HewittN_MilwaukeeJournal_Metcalf_Page1.jpg

This letter is written by the Milwaukee Journal asking Metcalf about how he controls German influence within Iowa and how Wisconsin could follow suit.
182351-997118 - Brockway Kelly - May 4, 2016 730 PM - BrockayK_melvincopelandtohjmetcalf_Metcalf.jpg

The Commercial Economy Board is inquiring about the newly imposed restrictions on deliveries and what those restrictions included. The focus was in the Des Moines area.

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image of the first page of Chapter Fifteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration
Timmerman, LaubeEpisodes.pdf

The eulogy includes three "episodes" on the life of Dr. Paul Laube, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dubuque, Iowa and faculty member at the University of Dubuque. The eulogy describes Dr. Laube's Christian character, his sentiments…
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In reaction to a letter that John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper Dubuque National-Demokrat, which attacked Joseph Eiboeck's alledgedly insulting rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of…
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Apparent overview of situation in Cedar County, as regards the influence and political affiliations of local German Americans, with a big turn: the writer is the father of a local Irish boy killed.
257578-997118 - Van Eldik Noah - May 3, 2016 507 PM - VanEldikN_letterregardinganti-americanism_Metcalf5.jpe

Letter regarding Mac J. Groves of Estherville, Iowa who was the food administrator for Emmet County. The writer claims that Mr. Groves is not 100% American and he should be removed from the position.
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