Farmer's Union and Disloyalty
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Farmer's Union; Labor; Agriculture; Non-Partisan League; Tax Payers; Politics;
Dedham teacher writes regarding the dis-loyal actions of the Farmer's Union.
Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
4/15/1918
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Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-04-15; Carroll County; Dedham, Iowa;
Letter Regarding German Language
German Language; Politics; Post Office;
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 purpose of the letter is to ask what the club can legally do to get rid of the language
T. A. Wilson; S. Wing
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2/18/1918
Letter
English
Text
Box #7, Folder #5
Buffalo Center, Iowa
Milwaukee Journal Letter
Schools; German; Churches; WWI; Politics; Culture;
This letter is written by the Milwaukee Journal asking Metcalf about how he controls German influence within Iowa and how Wisconsin could follow suit.
Perry Olds
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1918;
Letter
English
Text
Metcalf Collection, box 7, folder 4, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County
Melvin Copeland to H.J. Metcalf on Nov. 14th 1917
Campaign; Political Support; Restrictions
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.
Melvin Copeland
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
11/14/1917
Letter
English
Folder 4: General Correspondence, Box 6, Metcalf collection, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County
Chapter Fifteen of <em>Iowa, die Heimat für Einwanderer</em><em> </em>(1873)
immigration handbook; civil rights; civic duties
image of the first page of Chapter Fifteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration
M. J. Rohlfs
Iowa State Board of Immigration
1873
State Historical Society of Iowa
<a href="https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/show/heimat-1873" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/show/heimat-1873</a>
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text
<a href="http://search.lib.uiowa.edu/01IOWASHSI:shsi_scope:01IOWA_ALMA21324426990002771" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Iowa City Historical Library Microfilm (Mf16 )</a>
Iowa; 1873
Eulogy for Dr. Paul Laube written by Joseph L. Mihelic.
Politics; Protestantism; Presbyterianism; Family; World War I; Education
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 regarding World War I and the treatment of Germans during that time, and his legacy in education and writing. It was written by a teacher at the University of Dubuque who had been mentored by Dr Laube.
Joseph L. Mihelic
Archives of the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa
1944
Eulogy
English
Archive Collection at the University of Dubuque
1916-1944; 1944; Dubuque, Iowa; Dubuque County
<em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>: Rundschau über Iowa (survey of the German-Iowa press, with particular focus on temperance issues)
Temperance initiatives in Clinton; Clayton City saloon proprietor F. Taake robbed at gunpoint; gymnastics festival in Lansing (Bezirks-Turnfest des nordwestlichen Turnvereins); break-ins in Newton in the businesses of Wright and Son, Vaughan and Son, Gardner and Co., J.H. Chapman, Dubus and Bodly, and J. Meyer; Charles City and Osage raise the price of saloon licenses; acquittal of Adam Glab of Dubuque's Plankroad Brewery, who had refused to pay a license fee twice; temperance advocates pelted with eggs in Manchester
First "Rundschau über Iowa," Eiboeck's regular survey of notable news culled from the state's German newspapers
Joseph Eiboeck
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
7 May 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
<a href="https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2282">https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2282</a>
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newspaper article
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Allamakee County; Clayton County; Clinton County; Delaware County; Dubuque County; Jasper County; Marshall County; Polk County
<em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>: Unmasking a liar (<em>Ein Lügner blosgestellt</em>)
Eiboeck’s dispute with John P. Irish over saloon licensing at the Anti-Monopoly party convention; support of German voters; J.P. Stibolt, editor of the <em>Davenport Demokrat</em>; Frederick A. Gniffke, editor of the <em>Dubuque National-Demokrat</em>; Simeon Hotz? (co-owner of the Union Brewery in Iowa City); J.J. Hotz? (contractor and son-in-law of Louis Englert, founder of the City Brewery in Iowa City)
In reaction to a letter that John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper <em>Dubuque National-Demokrat</em>, which attacked Joseph Eiboeck's alledgedly insulting rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of including a license plank in the party platform, Eiboeck presents his version of events and defends his actions. In addition to a translation of an English-language declaration by leading citizens of Des Moines that Eiboeck did not use the language that Irish claimed, the article also contains a comparable statement by well-known German-Americans in Des Moines, including Conrad Beck, Eiboeck's predecessor as editor of the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>.
Joseph Eiboeck
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
1874-07-30
State Historical Society of Iowa
<a href="https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2292"><em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>: A lying, malicious attack (Ein verlogener, niederträchtiger Angriff)</a><br /><br />"<a href="http://publications.iowa.gov/31029/1/Winter2019.pdf">Iowa's Prohibition Plague: Joseph Eiboeck's Account of the Battle over Prohibition</a>," The Annals of Iowa 78 (2019): 1-74, at 15-16.
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Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1874; Iowa; Des Moines; Polk County; Dubuque County; Scott County; Johnson County
German American Influence in Lowden
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Politics; Religion
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.
John F. Lollis
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
10/17/1918
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Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-10-17; Lowden, Iowa; Cedar County;
Letter Regarding Anti-Americanism
Politics; Anti-America; Liberty Loans
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.
John Blballow
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2/7/1948
Mac J. Groves; W. L. Harding; Mr. Annis
Letter
English
Text
Box #7, Folder #4
Estherville, Iowa;