Article on potential prohibition law from perspective of saloonkeepers.

Article borrowed from Illinois Staatszeitung commenting upon proposed prohibition in Iowa.

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.

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…

Largely-neutral report of Francis Murphy's speech to saloon keepers in context of his prohibitionism.

Civil war hymn book kept by Union solider Jacob Nauman, featuring a defaced section on temperance.

Report on the provisions of the new law for the licensing of the sale of alcoholic beverages; distinctions between wholesale and retail sales

Editorial celebrating the 'glorious fourth' in the context of prohibition laws and the un-fourth-like attack on the civil liberties of German Americans.

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…

Report on beer riots in Johnson County in response to state prohibition laws.