• Collection: GERMAN-IOWAN NEWSPAPERS
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…
Carroll-Demokrat.1884-07-04.Prohiblican-Papers.Crop.jpg

Continuation of correspondence regarding the settlement of Marienfeld (Iowa?) and an editorial on the destruction of a saloon by temperance advocates
Carroll-Demokrat.1884-07-11.Prohibition-Informants.Crop.jpg

Anecdotal reports on the increase in the demand for whiskey, activities of possible informants at pharmacies, and a beer-free circus.
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.
carroll-denisonreview.jpg

"Obey the prohibition laws!" wrote the lackey Denison Review a few weeks ago, cowering and wagging its tail like a dog before the Republican party. The newspaper itself, however, or at least its editors, hasn't the slightest desire to do so. We have…
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.
Dreyfus Affair Update_22Sept1899.pdf

Update on Dreyfus Affair in context of broader European diplomacy and politics.
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.
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