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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.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-14.Theater-Maskenball1.jpg

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
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.
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…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-07-23.Engl-Dept.German-Press-Review1.jpg

Eiboeck reviews both German and English newspapers in the state regarding matters of interest to "liberal" German voters. Some German papers have endorsed the Anti-Monopoly party ticket, while others advise rejecting the party, which refused to…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1871-02-18.Karneval.Crop.jpg

The Turners regularly hosted masquerade balls for Mardi Gras in the late 19th century.
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1874-02-07.Theater-Ads.Maskenball.jpg

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"…
National-Demokrat.1866-01-23.Narrenfest-Maskenball.Crop.jpg

Three advertisements concerning Mardi Gras activities in Dubuque: 1) a masquerade ball in the German City Theater (Deutsches Stadttheater) with prize competition for the best costume; a ball in City Hall sponsored by the German Aid Society; a…
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