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

Illustrated image of the Hamburg Brewery in Fremont County, operated by Philip Nies and Bro. Visible on the storefront is "Established 1867."

Editorial from German-language paper concerning temperance.

Article bemoaning potential prohibition as of a piece with longer-lineaged nativist attacks on the civil rights of German Americans.

German-language newspaper includes English-language editorial denouncing prohibition as historic attack on liberty and return to barbarism.

Clarence and John M. Englert relax c. 1920 in the office of the Englert Ice Co., located in the former Englert Brewery. On the wall hangs the portrait of their father John J. Englert, who together with his brother-in-law Frank Rittenmeyer assumed…

Article commenting on proposed 'draconian' prohibition law.

Illustrated image of Christian Magnus's Eagle Brewery in Cedar Rapids. The caption states that this is "the largest and only first class building of this kind west of the Mississippi."

Illustrated image of brewery in Mahaska County, Iowa from 1875 atlas, as well as image of proprietor Blattner's "city garden."

translation of ad: "J.P. Dostal, Great Western Brewery, maker of the finest beer in Iowa City and the whole region. I warmly recommend my brewery to the public. All orders from in and out of town will be processed promptly. J.P. Dostal"