Stamping Out German
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Elections;
Author notes success in "stamping out" German in county churches.
S. A. Clock
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
4/30/1918
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Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-04-30; Franklin County;
Disappointment from Former Harding Follower
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Politics; Religion; Elections; Lutheranism
Local German preacher expresses disappointment in Babel, especially in light of the German-language stumping he undertook two years ago for the governor, which, he notes, the "election showed [was] not in vain."
G. F. Braun
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/29/1918
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Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-29; Farmersburg, Iowa; Clayton County;
Die Freie Presse
German-Language Newspapers; Socialism; Elections;
Sole, incomplete issue of Die Freie Presse, party organ of local Muscatine Socialist Party.
Lokale Muscatine Sozialistische Partei
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
3/4/1912
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1912-03-04; Muscatine, Iowa; Muscatine County