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To Our Valued Readers As most readers already know, foreign language newspapers are forbidden to publish articles about the war, the federal government, or anything concerning other countries at war, for as long as the war lasts, unless a notarized…
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POSTPONED The Choral Festival of the Northeastern Sängerbund by a Vote of Members Philadelphia, PA. 5 October. The 25th National Choral Festival of the Northeastern Sängerbund (Singers' Federation) of America, which was planned for next year in…
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This letter is addressed to Herbert J. Metcalf from the Publicity Secretary of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety dated October 18, 1917. The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety notified Metcalf that they are sending various booklets,…
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A "simple farmer's wife" encodes her dreams and ships it off "to the government."
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Maybe a prelude to Babel! Responder notes that Spencer brings up issues of "foreign language schools" for first time and that he'll look into it.
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Wants to surreptitiously check out men in question. They should be "taught a drastic lesson."
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Photograph from the wedding of American soldier Ben Tylee and his German war bride, Magdalena Gerhard. They married in 1922, following his service in the war. On the back, Magdalena has written "Ben & I, May 6, 1922, married in Coblentz."
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