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City marshall wonders about enforcement and how to report known "alien women."

Lasher against German influence and immigration.

Pastor notes his measured support for Babel and the consequences of Babel on his congregation.

A long, thoughtful letter on Germans, immigration, and language in the context of religiosity.

Pastor, naturalized in 1898, asks for permission to preach more German, now that war has ended.

Mr. Shortess does not exactly specify what he is trying to do, but you can tell he knows about someone of German heritage in the town. Many people in that time period expressed their patriotism by trying to

Here is a straight forward example of the fear of German aliens and spies. Metcalf is responding to someone who is upset about a Pro-German having a successful bakery and has made claims about this person being a traitor.

This correspondence is connected with the previous letter. This shows how much of the United States was involved in removing German aliens, even the Food Administration. Every department of the federal government was paranoid and was involved in…

Writer tells Mr. Metcalf that he was wrong for going to the press about a girl marrying a soldier. The writer is defending the girl, saying she has done nothing wrong

Story of the first Germans to live in McHenry County. They came by ship from Germany, and migrated to the Midwest, because the farm land was promising.