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
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
Conrad Beck, To the Honored Readers of the Anzeiger (<em>An die geehrten Leser des Anzeigers</em>)
Farewell column of Conrad Beck, founding editor of the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>
Conrad Beck, founding editor of the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>, announces that he has sold the newspaper to a new editor (Joseph Eiboeck) and bids farewell to his readers.
Conrad Beck
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Conrad Beck
7 February 1874
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
text
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines; Polk County
Lecture on Vienna by Joseph Eiboeck
Vienna; public lecture
Account of a public lecture on Vienna given by Joseph Eiboeck. Eiboeck, incoming editor of the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>, had served as honorary commissioner for Iowa at the Vienna World's Fair in 1873.
Conrad Beck
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Conrad Beck
7 February 1874
Joseph Eiboeck
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Vienna; Des Moines; World's Fair of 1873; Polk County
Masquerade Ball announcement, Des Moines Turner Hall, 1871
Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball
The Turners regularly hosted masquerade balls for Mardi Gras in the late 19th century.
Conrad Beck
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Conrad Beck
18 February 1871
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines; Polk County
Front page of <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em> on outbreak of World War I in Europe
World War I
On 6 August 1914, the <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em> devoted its top headline to "Germany at War with Russia and France!" The front page also reveals a completely German format, a break with former editor Joseph Eiboeck's practice of including English-language editorials on current issues as a regular feature of the paper.
Ernst Pacully (editor)
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Valentin Peter
1914-08-06
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
test
1914-08-06; Des Moines; Polk County
<em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>: The Allied Press Plays Blind Man's Bluff with Uncle Sam
World War I; Allied press; war reporting
This editorial cartoon implies that the war reporting of the Associated Press and English, French, Russian, and Belgian newspapers is biased.
Ernst Pacully (editor)
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger
Valentin Peter
19 November 1914
State Historical Society of Iowa
Front Page of <em>Iowa Staats-Anzeiger</em>, 6 August 1914: <a href="http://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2236" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://germansiniowa.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2236</a>
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German
editorial cartoon
Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
1914-11-19; Davenport; Polk County; World War I