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Professor of Northland tarred and feathered

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Ashland Daily Press

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Anti-German sentiment ran high during World War I in Wisconsin. Despite the state's large German American population, American entry into the war with Germany unleashed a torrent of hysterical conformity; anything and anyone with ties to Germany became vulnerable to charges of disloyalty. This article, from April of 1918, reports the kidnapping and tarring of Professor E.A. Schimler, a college professor whose only apparent "crime" was to have a German name and teach the German language. Click "Zoom & Pan" to view it more closely, or scroll down to see its electronic text version
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Keywords

  1. Crime
  2. German Americans
  3. Race Relations
  4. Teachers
  5. Universities
  6. Universities And Colleges
  7. War
  8. World War, 1914 1918

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