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Vollmar notes the "old men and women weep[ing] aloud when I announced that this would probably be the last service in the german language [sic]."
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This letter is in response to a letter from the Chairman of the Iowa Council of National Defense, Lafayette Young, dated November 9, 1917. Jacob Russ is responding to the accusation that he does not whole-heartedly support the United States…
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Burling notes several churches which have continued to speak in German, under guise of submitting formal request to Governor to do so.
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Prominent local German appointed to write regarding the loyalty of Arcadia's Germans as well as their difficulty in abiding by Babel.
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Watzke made the disloyal comment that "the Liberty Bonds were only worth fifty-cents on the dollar at the banks."
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Pastor asks for concession for sake of older congregation memebers, noting his own loyalty and sacrifices.
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Colorful denunciation of local Germans, who persist in "continually blabber[ing] their slop bucket dutch."
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