• Tags: Temperance and Prohibition
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-14.English-Department1.jpg

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.1874-02-21.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.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-05-07.First-Page1-English-Dept1.jpg

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…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1913-01-17.Dt-Amerik-Lib-Staatsverband.jpg

Joseph Eiboeck, who had passed away on 8 January 1913, had been president of the German-American Liberal League of Iowa. With the annual meeting of the league imminent, Paul Krüger, secretary of the organization, requests that other members of the…
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.1874-07-23.Engl-Dept.German-Press-Review1.jpg

Eiboeck reviews both German and English newspapers in the state regarding matters of interest to "liberal" German voters. Some German papers have endorsed the Anti-Monopoly party ticket, while others advise rejecting the party, which refused to…
Iowa.1880-02-12.Eiboeck.jpg

Nicholas Gonner, editor of the Iowa, comments on Joseph Eiboeck's new English-language anti-temperance paper, the State Independent. Despite Gonner's support of the paper, he is concerned that Eiboeck's lack of religious sensibilities will alienate…
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…
IC-Daily-Republican.1884-08-14.Riots.jpg

A collection of eyewitness accounts concerning the Iowa City Beer Riots, which began during the trial of local brewers Conrad Graf and John Dostal for having violated the state's new Prohibition law by selling beer on July 4, 1884, the day the law…
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