Short news items in German from regions outside both the German Empire and the US, as published regularly in the German-language insert of the English-language Journal from Gutenberg, Iowa

Various news reports from towns in East Frisia, which reveal the ongoing interest of German East Frisian immigrants in events in their ancestral home.

Announcement of the Burlington and Missouri River R.R. Co. advertising land for sale on credit, to be paid back at 6% interest over 10 years.

Announcement of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad advertising land for sale, starting at $5 per acre

Image of the Agents page from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The state maintained agents in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and London.

image of the first page of Chapter Eight from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Eleven from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Fifteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Five from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Four from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration