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Short news items in German from cities across the German Empire as published regularly in the German-language insert of the English-language Journal from Gutenberg, Iowa

Anecdotal reports on the increase in the demand for whiskey, activities of possible informants at pharmacies, and a beer-free circus.

Continuation of correspondence regarding the settlement of Marienfeld (Iowa?) and an editorial on the destruction of a saloon by temperance advocates

"The Women Who Do Not Want Suffrage" make their case why they should not be given the right to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum on 5 June 1916.

13-point editorial why women should not be granted the right to vote.

Discussion of Blaine's views on Prohibition and on German Americans

Sample election ballot for the Muscatine city elections of March 4, 1918, published by the Muscatine Herold. By publishing the ballot with an affidavit in German from the City Recorder, the Herold allowed its readers to familiarize themselves in…

Largely-neutral report of Francis Murphy's speech to saloon keepers in context of his prohibitionism.

Update on Dreyfus Affair in context of broader European diplomacy and politics.