• Collection: GERMAN-IOWAN NEWSPAPERS
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The Turners regularly hosted masquerade balls for Mardi Gras in the late 19th century.
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In 1860, the Iowa Wöchentliche Post, a Republican newspaper based in Des Moines, announced the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as Republican candidate for President to its readers.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-30.John-P-Irish-Controversy1.jpg

In reaction to a letter that John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper Dubuque National-Demokrat, which attacked Joseph Eiboeck's alledgedly insulting rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of…
IC-Banner.1900-11-09.Norddt-Lloyd.jpg

Advertisement for the services of H. Mahraun, Iowa City agent for the North German Lloyd packet line.
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Nicholas Gonner, editor of the Iowa, comments on Joseph Eiboeck's new English-language anti-temperance paper, the State Independent. Despite Gonner's support of the paper, he is concerned that Eiboeck's lack of religious sensibilities will alienate…
Davenport-Demokrat.1874-02-12.Eiboeck-kauft-Staatsanzeiger.Crop.jpg

The Davenport Demokrat publishes a notice that Joseph Eiboeck has bought the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger in partnership with P. Gehr.
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The text of the petition, translated from an English petition in circulation at the time, requests that the Iowa General Assembly revoke the tax-exempt status of church property. In support, it claims that the value of church property (in Iowa?)…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-23.Engl-Dept.German-Press-Review1.jpg

Eiboeck reviews both German and English newspapers in the state regarding matters of interest to "liberal" German voters. Some German papers have endorsed the Anti-Monopoly party ticket, while others advise rejecting the party, which refused to…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-23.Contra-JP-Irish.jpg

In reaction to a letter John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper Dubuque National-Demokrat, attacking Joseph Eiboeck's rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of including a license plank in the…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1913-01-31.New-English-Columns.jpg

Incoming editor Paul Krüger thanks his readers in German for their positive comments regarding his changes in the typeface and layout of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger. In English, he announces that he will do his best to continue the paper's…
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