Article on potential prohibition law from perspective of saloonkeepers.

Article borrowed from Illinois Staatszeitung commenting upon proposed prohibition in Iowa.

Article on Iowa Brewer's Convention occuring in midst of prohibition legislation. The members therefore pledge to fight the convention in courts and raise funds.

Civil war hymn book kept by Union solider Jacob Nauman, featuring a defaced section on temperance.

Illustrated image of the Sioux City Brewery--encompassing a residence, brewery, and beer garden--from 1875 atlas. The brewery is operated by J. Franz and Co.

Illustrated image of the Schori and Lehmann Brewery in Elgin, Iowa.

Illustrated image of R. Selzer's Brewery in Sioux City, Iowa. Included are an "Ice House" and R. Selzer's residence. Of note is the figure in the right of the image shown swinging on a beam, a likely representation of the influence of German…

Editorial celebrating the 'glorious fourth' in the context of prohibition laws and the un-fourth-like attack on the civil liberties of German Americans.

Illustrated image of Joseph Klein's City Brewery in Decorah, Iowa, situated in three buildings upon a river.

Illustrated image of John Schaefer's Western Brewery in Muscatine, Iowa.