• Tags: 1919
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Veteran bemoans hearing so much "Dutch" back at home after sacrificing abroad.
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Lutheran congregation in Kossuth makes formal protest against anti-German legislation.
Timmerman, 1919 Letter to Cornelius Steffens.pdf

According to an archival note from the University of Dubuque, this document was probably written by William O. Ruston, who was the president of the school from 1904-1908, about the circulation of the Dubuque Evangelist. William Ruston discusses two…
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Kouba notes continued defiance by German Americans in Benton County
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Writing on behalf of congregation where all cannot understand English.
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Harding responds: I'll do something soon to keep up the Babel spirit "during post-bellum times."
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Harding doesn't do much to deter Waters to violence and doubles down on "spirit" of Babel.

Circulated letter of Harding regarding post-war and veteran business
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