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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…

Photograph of Leopold Sheuerman, owner of Capital City Woolen Mills, 1912.

Situation in Leland

Chariman of legal advisory board for county asks clarifying questions.

Front page of Tama Northern paper, highlighting article claiming that Harding has power to enforce proclamation.

Account of a public lecture on Vienna given by Joseph Eiboeck. Eiboeck, incoming editor of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, had served as honorary commissioner for Iowa at the Vienna World's Fair in 1873.

Babel being "ignored" in Manning, the "marshall and merchants" being the main transgressors. She can "furnish proof of one of our leading citizens saying that Germany ought to rule the world."

Vollmar notes the "old men and women weep[ing] aloud when I announced that this would probably be the last service in the german language [sic]."

Support for Babel. Foreign languages should be "studied only for their cultural values or as accomplishments."