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

On the need for a German-language press for German migrants.

Short excerpt of speech by Karl Schurz noting the beauty of the German language and the reconcilability of the German language and American identity.

Poem titled 'Stay German' advocating retaining German language use in German-American families.

Dual-language statement on occasion of first issue, discussing paper and editorial stance on numerous issues. He explicitly states his opposition to the party and political platform of Iowa City's other German-language paper as a reason for starting…

Masthead from Iowa Banner in Iowa City

Report on the provisions of the new law for the licensing of the sale of alcoholic beverages; distinctions between wholesale and retail sales

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

Report on beer riots in Johnson County in response to state prohibition laws.

Article bemoaning potential prohibition as of a piece with longer-lineaged nativist attacks on the civil rights of German Americans.