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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.
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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.
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The Turners regularly hosted masquerade balls for Mardi Gras in the late 19th century.
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In 1860, the Iowa Wöchentliche Post, a Republican newspaper based in Des Moines, announced the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as Republican candidate for President to its readers.
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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…
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This editorial cartoon implies that the war reporting of the Associated Press and English, French, Russian, and Belgian newspapers is biased.
Babel Proclamation in English_30May1918.pdf

Babel Proclamation in English, presented without commentary.
German Language Inset_1April1915.pdf

German-Language Inset in Largely English-Language paper during World War I. The title says: "This section is for family members who prefer to read German."
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The announcement explains that Valentin Peter has purchased the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger following the death of Joseph Eiboeck. Not mentioned here is that Peter was already publisher of the Omaha Tribüne and had previously purchased the Council Bluffs…
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Former university instructor with European training volunteers as reader or censor, should the job arise, of German-language press.
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