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…
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.
Account of a public lecture on Vienna given by Joseph Eiboeck. Eiboeck, incoming editor of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, had served as honorary commissioner for Iowa at the Vienna World's Fair in 1873.
Joseph Eiboeck, incoming editor of the Staats-Anzeiger, greets his new readers and explains his goals for the paper. He notes that, while he wishes to keep the paper politically independent, he is currently inclined to cast his lot with the…
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…
Announcement for the upcoming performance of "The Jealous Ones" (Die Eifersüchtigen) and "Guile and Ennui" (List und Phlegma) in the Des Moines Turner Hall.
Announcement of upcoming events in the Des Moines Turner Hall: a Mardi Gras Maskenball and performances of "The First Lunch" by Karl Görlitz and "The Promise Made behind the Stove" by Alexander Baumann
After assuming editorship of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, Eiboeck initially retained the front page Feuilleton section as it had appeared under his predecessor Conrad Beck. The Feuilleton traditionally featured a serialized novel, here Der Weg zum Glück…
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.
Three months into his tenure as editor, Eiboeck moved the Staats-Anzeiger's English-language editorials, his so-called "English Department," to the front page of the paper. In all subsequent issues, an overview of state news appears in German in the…
