Former university instructor with European training volunteers as reader or censor, should the job arise, of German-language press.

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…

Announcement of upcoming events in the Des Moines Turner Hall: a Mardi Gras Maskenball and performances of "The First Lunch" by Karl Görlitz and "The Promise Made behind the Stove" by Alexander Baumann

Translation of German-language articles from Muscatine Herald

Ad placed by the Des Moines Turners in the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, with announcements a Mardi Gras masquerade ball as well as for two plays performed in the Turner Hall: "Die Eifersüchtigen" (The Jealous) by Roderich Benedix; "List und Phlegma"…

Article on potential prohibition law from perspective of saloonkeepers.

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

On the need for a German-language press for German migrants.

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…