Guidance for Prohibitionists
German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Editorial; Anti-Germanness
Editorial from German-language paper concerning temperance.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-03-21
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-03-21; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County
The Brewer's Convention
German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Anti-Germanness; Business; Brewing; Christian Magnus; Eagle Brewery; Iowa Supreme Court; Legislation;
Article on Iowa Brewer's Convention occuring in midst of prohibition legislation. The members therefore pledge to fight the convention in courts and raise funds.
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-04-25
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-04-25; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Burlington, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Robbery in Iowa
German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Anti-Germanness; Business; Brewing; Culture; Economics; Iowa Supreme Court
Article borrowed from Illinois Staatszeitung commenting upon proposed prohibition in Iowa.
Illinois Staatszeitung
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-05-23
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-05-23; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Illinois
Die drakonischen Strafgesetzen
German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Anti-Germanness; Business; Brewing; Legislation
Article commenting on proposed 'draconian' prohibition law.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-04-04
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-04-04; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County;
The Saloonkeepers Trade
German-Language Newspapers; Business; Temperance; Saloons; Anti-Germanness; Legislation
Article on potential prohibition law from perspective of saloonkeepers.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-02-29
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-02-29; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Germany;
English-Language Commentary on Prohibition
German-Language Newspapers; English-Language Insets; Prohibition; Temperance; Liberty; Legislation; Anti-Germanness; History
German-language newspaper includes English-language editorial denouncing prohibition as historic attack on liberty and return to barbarism.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-07-11
Newspaper Article
English
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-07-11; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Greece; Dark Ages;
Foreign-born and Native-born Citizens
German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Anti-Germanness; Knownothings; Civil Rights; Iowa Supreme Court
Article bemoaning potential prohibition as of a piece with longer-lineaged nativist attacks on the civil rights of German Americans.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-05-23
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-05-23; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Illinois; Rhode Island
Iowa City Beer Riots Reportage
German-Language Newspapers; Public Unrest; Temperance; Violence; Anti-Germanness
Report on beer riots in Johnson County in response to state prohibition laws.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-08-22
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-08-22; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Iowa City, Iowa; Johnson County
July Fourth Editorial
German-Language Newspapers; Holidays; Anti-Germanness; Temperance; Liberty;
Editorial celebrating the 'glorious fourth' in the context of prohibition laws and the un-fourth-like attack on the civil liberties of German Americans.
Georg Steinmetz
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-07-04
Newspaper Article
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-07-04; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County;
Iowa Volksblatt Front Page
German-Language Newspapers; Mastheads
Front Page of Waverly, Iowa's Iowa Volksblatt
Frank Boettcher
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-11-27
Georg Walter
Newspaper
German
Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1884-11-27; Waverly, Iowa; Bremer County