Mr. Metcalf responds to the letter regarding citizens

The garden pamphlet is sent to schools to encourage school-age children to grow their own food in order to save food during the war.

This letter is addressed to a Linden farmer, John Wasson, who had presumably been suspected by others in his community of being a slacker. HJM reports that his

Farmer informs on pro-Germans in the county

Local CoD business and German connections.

Farmer wants his neighbors to stop speaking German.

After agricultural talk, Heidenreich notes that "we have a nest of pro-Germans here that should be rounded up and taught a good lesson."

A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as the…

Weeks with hilariously sincere analogy between United States and proper attitude of those joining new lodge.

This letter is a memo from the Successful Farming Promotion Bureau to H. J. Metcalf of the invitation list (originally enclosed with the letter but now inaccessible) for an upcoming conference in Des Moines, Iowa.