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Article commenting on proposed 'draconian' prohibition law.

Article on potential prohibition law from perspective of saloonkeepers.

German-language newspaper includes English-language editorial denouncing prohibition as historic attack on liberty and return to barbarism.

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

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

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

Masthead from Iowa Banner in Iowa City

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…

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