The Value and Goals of Research on German-American History (<em>Wert und Ziel der deutsch-amerikanischen Geschichtsforschung</em>)
German-American History and Historiography
Account of Germans in Illinois, their work goals, and ethics
Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichtsblätter
<span>from the journal </span><em>Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichtsblätter</em><span>, vol. 1.1 (1901), pp. 20-24</span>
1901
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Chicago, Illinois
"Germans for Cleveland," Carroll Demokrat
1884 Prohibition Act; 1884 Presidential Election; Hermann B. Scharmann; Grover Cleveland; James G. Blaine; Thomas A. Hendricks; Neal Dow
<p><strong>Why the President of the National Brewers Association won't vote for Blaine</strong></p>
<p>Hermann B. Scharmann, President of the National Brewers Association and a very influential Republican of the 21st Ward in Brooklyn, has as of now wholeheartedly declared his support for Cleveland and Hendricks. When asked as to how he had come to this point, he responded:</p>
<p>Because, in my view and opinion, Cleveland's candidacy has very much to do with personal freedom as well as with the lack of restrictions in every respect for many of our best citizens. Republicans of various states, particularly those of Kansas and Iowa, have attacked the gift of personal liberty most injuriously with their Prohibition laws, and some citizens must sacrifice their liberty for these laws. I believe that no one should have the right, by way of his vote, to say whether I must or must not drink any type of alcoholic beverage. A few of my Republican friends say to me: Scharmann, this Prohibition question is something which concerns states on an individual basis; the President has nothing to do with it. My answer is that the last Congress, due to the efforts of Neal Dow, the father of Prohibition, and of Mr. Blair of New Hampshire, appointed a committee solely for the purpose of reporting to the next Congress whether, in the committee's view, it would be advisable for the government to press for a Prohibition law against the sale and production of alcoholic beverages.</p>
<p><strong><em>What does this have to do with Mr. Blaine, in your opinion? </em></strong></p>
<p>You will recall that during the Republican National Convention Herr Blaine had the support of every delegate from Maine, Kansas, and Iowa, all three of which are Prohibition states. And you will further recall that when the Prohibitionists were encouraging Mr. Neal Dow to run for the presidency, he promptly answered: No, I will vote for Blaine; the man is enough of a temperance advocate for my vote.</p>
<p><strong><em>What portion of German voters agree with these views of yours? </em></strong></p>
<p>I have many good reasons to assume that my views are the same as those of a vast majority of the thinking German electorate, regardless of their political allegiance. However, I have other reasons to oppose Mr. Blaine. There is namely nothing that can be said to his benefit in the fact that the Republican Party has portrayed him as their shrewdest politician. Note well that I say politician. During the twenty-one or more years that he has sat in Congress, he has not helped write a single law that did any good for the public, and wherever Blaine could do a good deed, he has never forgotten his best friend: himself.</p>
<p><strong><em>In your opinion, which states will show the strongest German opposition against Blaine? </em></strong></p>
<p>New York, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, and the opposition in these states will likely be fatal for his candidacy.</p>
<p><strong><em>Hence the interest of our nation's brewers will also be against Blaine? </em></strong></p>
<p>I believe it will be so. However, as president of the Brewers Association of the United States, I am not authorized to suggest that all brewers will be against Blaine, although I think the majority is. My belief is based principally on the opinions of those men who are involved in the same trade as myself.</p>
<p><strong><em>What do you think the probable result in this state [New York?] will be? </em></strong></p>
<p>I positively believe Mr. Cleveland will win our state because I know a great number of my Republican friends will vote for the Democratic candidate. When I voted for the first time I voted for Abraham Lincoln, and if I now vote for Cleveland it will be the first time ever that I voted for a Democratic candidate. I am a Republican and thus do not belong to the Democratic party even now. I have however stepped down from the Republican general committee, so that I might be free and able to conduct myself freely without having to neglect my duties as a member of this committee.</p>
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Carroll Demokrat
<a href="http://iagenweb.org/boards/carroll/obituaries/index.cgi?read=10450">Franz Florencourt</a>
August 8, 1884
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
newspaper column
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Carroll County
<em>Waverly Phoenix</em>: Why We Are Opposed to Woman Sufrage
Woman Suffrage
13-point editorial why women should not be granted the right to vote.
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Waverly Phoenix
Waverly Phoenix
17 May 1916
State Historical Society of Iowa
<a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/suffrage/">Women's Suffrage in Iowa: A Digital Collection</a>, Iowa Women's Archive, University of Iowa
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German, with English translation
newspaper article
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
Des Moines Turner Hall plays: <em>Die Eifersüchtigen</em> & <em>List und Phlegma</em>
Turner; theater;
Announcement for the upcoming performance of "The Jealous Ones" (<em>Die Eifersüchtigen</em>) and "Guile and Ennui" (<em>List und Phlegma</em>) in the Des Moines Turner Hall.
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Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
7 Feburary 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
newspaper ad
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines; Polk County
Turner Hall Ads: Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball & play performances
Theater; Mardi Gras; <em>Das erste Mittagessen einer jungen Frau</em>; <em>Das Versprechen hinterm Herd</em>; Karl Görlitz; Alexander Baumann
Announcement of upcoming events in the Des Moines Turner Hall: a Mardi Gras <em>Maskenball</em> and performances of "The First Lunch" by Karl Görlitz and "The Promise Made behind the Stove" by Alexander Baumann
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Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
14 February 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
Internet Archive: <a href="https://archive.org/details/dasversprechenhi00baum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Alexander Baumann, Das Versprechen hinterm Herd</a>
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German
text; newspaper announcement
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines; Mardi Gras; Polk County
Ad: Christian Magnus, Eagle Brewery, Cedar Rapids
brewing; Eagle Brewery; Christian Magnus; bottled beer; Iowa State Fair
This ad for the Eagle Brewery of Christian Magnus in Cedar Rapids bears testimony to the state-wide readership of the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>. The ad notes that the Eagle Brewery won first prize at the Iowa State Fair in 1877.
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Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
7 February 1879
Christian Magnus
State Historical Society of Iowa
Cedar Rapids <em>Gazette</em>: <a href="https://www.thegazette.com/the-original-breweries-20140410" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Original Breweries</a>
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German
newspaper advertisement
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Cedar Rapids; Des Moines; Polk County; Linn County
New Year's Greeting for readers of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
New Year; Calendar for 1889
Like many newspapers of the period, the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em> published annual New Year's greetings for its readers. This greeting includes a poem on the new year of 1889, which reveals the Democratic leanings of the paper by lamenting that Grover Cleveland was not reelected and that Benjamin Harrison would soon be sworn in as president.
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Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
3 January 1889
State Historical Society of Iowa
<a href="https://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2350">New Year's calendar for 1886 of the Dubuque National Demokrat</a>
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German
New Year's Greeting; calendar
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
1889; Des Moines; Polk County
<em>Davenport Demokrat</em>: Petition for the Taxation of Church Property (<em>Petition wegen Besteuerung des Kirchen-Eigentums</em>)
religion; taxes; church property
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?) quadrupled between 1850 and 1870, even though church membership rose much less. It argues that such a concentration of a wealth in the hands of clerics is dangerous for civil liberty.
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Davenport Demokrat
Henry Lischer
12 February 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
newspaper text
Davenport Demokrat, microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Davenport; Iowa; 1874; Scott County
Theater and Masquerade Ball announcements, Des Moines Turner Hall, Mardi Gras 1874
Theater performances; masquerade ball; Die Eifersüchtigen (play); Roderich Benedix; List und Phlegma (play); Louis Angely
Ad placed by the Des Moines Turners in the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, with announcements a Mardi Gras masquerade ball as well as for two plays performed in the Turner Hall: "Die Eifersüchtigen" (The Jealous) by Roderich Benedix; "List und Phlegma" (Cunning and Phlegma) by Louis Angely
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Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Joseph Eiboeck
7 February 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines; Polk County
<em>Davenport Demokrat</em>: Vote Against the Women's Suffrage Amendment Tomorrow (Stimmt morgen gegen das Frauenstimmrechts-Amendment)
Constitutional Amendment on Woman Suffrage; Women's Rights; Women's Emancipation; Friedrich Schiller; Women's Role in the Household
Editorial appealing to (male) voters to vote against the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. The editorial argues that granting women the right to vote will alienate them from their traditional role as homemakers.
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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110713052349/http://webbasics.iowajmc.com/cmmay/newspapers/demokrat.html">Davenport Demokrat</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lischer_House">Henry Lischer</a> Printing Company; <a href="https://qctimes.com/mansion-linked-to-legacy-of-german-americans/article_59894bce-55a4-11df-8de7-001cc4c002e0.html">Fred Lischer</a>; Oskar Lischer; Eduard Lischer
4 June 1916
State Historical Society of Iowa
Full June 4, 1916 issue of the Davenport Demokrat in the "Chronicling America" collection of the Library of Congress: <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027107/1916-06-04/ed-1/seq-1/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027107/1916-06-04/ed-1/seq-1/</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/suffrage/">Women's Suffrage in Iowa: A Digital Collection</a>, Iowa Women's Archive, University of Iowa
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German
newspaper editorial
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Scott County