Lafayette Young writes to a librarian about getting rid of German books in the library. Mr. Young ergs the librarian to remove all German books and burn them and send him backs a count of how many were burned. Mr. Young believes that all the youth of…
Letter sent to Metcalf regarding a German school in Sanborn, Iowa. The writer went to investigate the school to only find out that the school was a Holland teaching school. The letter goes further to say that schools should only teach in English.
Mr. Metcalf writes to the chairman of the County Defense council, where he explains the letter which he has sent to Reverend Bredow. He asks for Mr. Koeberls assistance in making sure this matter is taken care of.
Metcalf writes to the president of the Iowa Evangelical Lutheran Orphans home, where he asks him to abstain from teaching German-language classes during war time.
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.
Harrison County secretary of defense wrote to Mr. Metcalf regarding a teacher being ousted in a local newspaper when she got married. At the time, school teachers were not allowed to be married, and this publicity hurt her reputation, as well as the…
Writer tells Mr. Metcalf that he was wrong for going to the press about a girl marrying a soldier. The writer is defending the girl, saying she has done nothing wrong
The National Defense writes to Mr. Behm about stopping the churches from preaching in German. Mr. Behm was not legally allowed to do this but he did, and was then congratulated for his great patriotism.
