• Tags: 1919
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Eastland passes on articles from local German-language press.

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Muscatine's Maennerchor requests permission to resume singing German lieder, as war is over.

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Postwar situation in Butler County

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Lamont pastor wondering about post-war language situation for religious worship.

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Inquiry after end of war regarding use of German in German church sermons.

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Governor's secretary writing back to Shimck. Harding was sick--Spanish Flu, presumably--but sends note reiterating purpose of Babel.

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Local wondering whether German communities can again preach in German, as war recently over.

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Patriotic letter in support of language ban, as "where would freedom be found in our world today, if we had depended on Scandinavia and Germany to secure it for us?"

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Is Babel still in place? If they can still speak German, "why did we enter the war?"

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Postcard from Swiss Ralls, European Relatives of Lincoln Family Friends talking about time in Germany and hopes for American visitors in Switzerland. Note the name change from "Berlin" to "Lincoln."

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