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On 6 August 1914, the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger 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…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1913-01-17.Tod-Fannie-Eiboecks.jpg

The Iowa Staats-Anzeiger reports on the death of Fannie Eiboeck, who died just three days after her husband Joseph. The obituary gives details of the funerals of both individuals. Minnie McFarland and Ms. M. Howard, surviving family members, offer…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-21.English-Dept.Masquerade-Ball1.jpg

Eiboeck devotes his second 'English Department" to a discussion of relations among American ethnicities and a
description of the "grandest event of the season in Des Moines," the Masquerade Ball held in the Turner Hall.
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Eiboeck, incoming editor of the Staats-Anzeiger, explains his goals for the paper. His main innovation is his "English Department": a weekly editorial column in English to reach non-German readers and advocate for "personal liberty" (and against…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-07.Turnhalle-Theater.jpg

Announcement for the upcoming performance of "The Jealous Ones" (Die Eifersüchtigen) and "Guile and Ennui" (List und Phlegma) in the Des Moines Turner Hall.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-07.Beck-Abschiedsgruss.Crop.jpg

Conrad Beck, founding editor of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, announces that he has sold the newspaper to a new editor (Joseph Eiboeck) and bids farewell to his readers.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-05-14.Carroll-Demokrat.Theater-Saison.jpg

Eiboeck announces the pending publication of a new German-Iowan newspaper, the Carroll Demokrat, to be published by Bowman and Burkhardt. The last announcement in the clipping concerns the final performance of the theater season in the Des Moines…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1879-02-07.Magnus-Ad.jpg

This ad for the Eagle Brewery of Christian Magnus in Cedar Rapids bears testimony to the state-wide readership of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger. The ad notes that the Eagle Brewery won first prize at the Iowa State Fair in 1877.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-23.Contra-JP-Irish.jpg

In reaction to a letter John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper Dubuque National-Demokrat, attacking Joseph Eiboeck's rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of including a license plank in the…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-30.John-P-Irish-Controversy1.jpg

In reaction to a letter that John P. Irish had published in the German newspaper Dubuque National-Demokrat, which attacked Joseph Eiboeck's alledgedly insulting rhetoric in a speech at the Anti-Monopolist state convention in July 1874 in favor of…
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