Banner 9 of the 2016/17 exhibit on "German Iowa and the Global Midwest"

Englert Theater advertisement. The Englert Theater, built in 1912 for vaudeville shows, was rebuilt as a modern movie palace in 1926.

The Committee on Publicity is creating a fellow committee which will go through the newspapers of Iowa looking for important pieces of propaganda that they which for the entire Iowa National Defense team to know.

H.J. Metcalf has written a 2 page letter addressed to the managing editor of The Nonpariel in Council Bluffs, IA. The Nonpariel is one of the largest newspaper publications in the Council Bluffs area at the time. Metcalf has stated he would like to…

In this letter Metcalf writes to a Davenport newspaper to thank them for all of their pro-war efforts and doing the best thing for the country.

Letter from The Grinnell Register explaining the steps they took to encourage application to the U.S. public Service Reserve. They are at a loss as how to proceed beyond what they have done.

Support from Masonic Lodge and clipping

Babel's effects on foreign-language press.

On Babel from press

Rival publisher sends Gov. Harding copies of article from Wellsburg Herald said to be "rot."