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After the First World War: Articles from the Syracuse Union, available through the New York State Newspaper Project



Webpage 1 : November - December 1918:

  • Masthead for the November 14, 1918 edition, the first issue published after the artistice was signed.
  • October 4, 1917, p.2, editorial section. A Look Back at the Reaction to the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917.
  • Newpaper address, founder, ownership, editor, subscription information
  • If the Cap fits, wear it! from the December 5, 1918 edition
  • Teacher's Journal on the Warpath against German Names from the December 12, 1918 edition.


Webpage 2 : January - April 1919:

  • January 2, 1919. Accusations against Foreign Language Newspapers misguided
  • January 2, 1919. A Refreshing Change
  • January 9, 1919. Obituaries for Theodore Roosevelt
  • January 9, 1919. It just makes sense!
  • January 9, 1919. Noteworthy Causes of Wars, The Classics in Yiddish, In Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors
  • January 16, 1919. Statement issued by the American Friends of German Demmocracy
  • January 16, 1919. "Friends of German Democracy" Banquet, Roosevelt's Last Will and Testament
  • January 30, 1919. History of the Parachute
  • February 6, 1919. Women in These New Times.
  • March 6, 1919. Louis N. Hammerling resigns, German Names
  • March 13, 1919. A Word opposing Unamerican Agitation
  • March 27, 1919. How We abused the Loyalty of Our Foreign Born, Our Boys in France and in Germany
  • April 17, 1919. The most successful Purification of the German Language


Webpage 3 : May - August 1919:

  • May 1, 1919. Signs in Buffalo Restaurants, Germans once again allowed to become Citizens
  • May 8, 1919. How Strong is the German Element in the United States?
  • May 29, 1919. Official Appreciation of the Patriotic Work of the Foreign Language Press, to the Readers of our Newspaper, Hyphenism is Dead
  • June 19, 1919. The German Language diligently studied at the Univerity of Pennsylvania, The Origin of the word "Pumpernickel"
  • July 31, 1919. A Balloon crashes through a Roof, Soldiers who were not U.S. Citizen receive Citizenship without waiting, The German Order of the Harugari 235 Years Ago, Fateful Days: A Poem by Hermann Hesse
  • August 14, 1919. The Foreign Language Governmental Information Service, The 73rd Session of the German Order of the Harugari
  • August 21, 1919. War Lies Once and For all
  • August 28, 1919. Shall German be Banned?


Webpage 4 : September - December 1919:

  • September 4, 1919. To Our Readers (raise in subscription prices)
  • September 11, 1919. All German Prisoners of War to be sent Home September 25th
  • September 25, 1919. German-Americans
  • September 25, 1919. Food Packages to Germany and German Austria
  • November 6, 1919. No Conversations in the German Language : A Decree from Police Commissioner Weir of West Hoboken, N.J.
  • November 6, 1919.Ban on German Opera, A Poem in Protest to the Ban on German
  • November 6, 1919. American Pilots to photograph the entire United States
  • November 13, 1919. Wagner's Meistersinger performed in Paris
  • November 13, 1919. Chinese see another War (unless all German territory returned to China)
  • November 20, 1919. Two large German Newspapers merge, A Lesson in Selling to Foreigners
  • November 27, 1919. The Myth of the Much-Touted German Propaganda
  • December 11, 1919. The German Language is Indespensible, Surveillance of German-American Letters to Germany


Webpage 5 : January - December 1920:

  • January 8, 1920. Ludendorff Sees Disaster Approaching
  • April 15, 1920. From the Life of Deadwood Dick
  • April 15, 1920. French Academy in Quandary
  • April 22,1920. The Letter from a Traveler
  • April 22, 1920. Due to Paper Shortage
  • April 22, 1920. Nowadays, Everything is "Less."
  • April 22, 1920. Notification to our Readers
  • May 6, 1920. The Germanic Tribes
  • May 13, 1920. Subscription Prices, The German Language Newspapers in America
  • July 29, 1920. Foolishness Costs A Life (Going over Niagara Falls in a Barrel)
  • September 2, 1920. Goethe and the Banned St. John's Eve Bonfire
  • September 23, 1920. America excludes Germans
  • October 7, 1920. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc. Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912.
  • October 7, 1920. German Pilot will attempt a Transatlantic Flight
  • December 2, 1920. The Zipfer in America
  • December 9, 1920. The Syracuse Union becomes Agent for the "United American Lines."


Webpage 6 : January - December 1921:

  • January 6, 1921. Pessimism in the German Press
  • January 27, 1921. Syracuse Union Banner
  • February 17, 1921. German Language Instruction reintroduced in the High Schools of Chicago
  • March 17, 1921. Opinion: I dispute the thoroughly American opinion that it is desirable for the German to stop speaking his mother tongue, German Instruction in Minneapolis
  • March 31, 1921. Dedication of the Harugari Temple in Buffalo.
  • April 14, 1921. The Revolution 400 Years Ago: On April 18, 1521 Martin Luther stood before the Diet of Worms and proclaimed Religious and Personal Freedom
  • April 21, 1921. The German Newspapers, Argentinian Declaration for the German People
  • April 28, 1921. Ladies' Dresses with "Pipe Pockets."
  • May 5, 1921. Prof. Einstein honored in Washington
  • June 23, 1921. A "Boche" with a French Military Medal
  • July 14, 1921. The Curse of Spiritualism, [Einstein] Criticizes America
  • July 21, 1921. Dr. Einstein describes his impressions of America in a cable as extremely favorable, Dreaded Indian Summer
  • July 28, 1921. Airplane with a Speed of 312 Miles per Hour
  • August 4, 1921. America To The Alien
  • August 26, 1921. Practical Advice for the Foreign-Born Population, Experiences of a German Physician in South America
  • October 13, 1921. German Culture, German Reinstated into High School Curriculum, The House Blessing
  • October 13, 1921. On the Comportment of German Nationals Abroad: Ten Golden Rules for Germans Traveling Abroad
  • October 20, 1921. Dr. Hexamer, Founder of the National Alliance (The Bund,") Victim of Wartime Propaganda, Women Studying in Prussia
  • November 24, 1921. The "Electric Chair" for Dogs and Cats


Webpage 7 : January - December 1922:

  • January 26, 1922. Free Masons Advocate for the German Language
  • February 9, 1922. The German Press: Despite Numerous Injuries It's No Less Influencial
  • April 6, 1922. The Mennonites: "Because Our Children Shall Remain German.", Tips for Everyone!
  • May 4, 1922. A Victory for Americans of German Heritage
  • May 11, 1922. German War Widows Want to Establish a Colony in Mexico
  • May 18, 1922. A German Newspaper's Lament
  • May 25, 1922. A Berlin Menu from April 26, 1922
  • June 8, 1922. Mayor of Buffalo fined for Prohibition Infraction
  • June 15, 1922. Men with Red Hair and Long Ears Sought, German-American Citizen's Alliance of the United States
  • June 22, 1922. 67,697 Germans May Immigrate, Brewer Busch versus Lasker, The Significance of Our Song Festival, Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Calculation to Contemplate
  • July 20, 1922. A Stork as a Greetings Messenger
  • August 10, 1922. Mr. Hoffmann's Impressions of His Trip, Straw Poll on Prohibition, A Library in Your Vest Pocket
  • August 24, 1922. The Zips, The Martydom of Wine Tasting, the Flea Trade
  • December 21, 1922. American Soldiers as Santa Claus


Webpage 8 : January - December 1923:

  • February 16, 1923. Incredible Rate of Inflation
  • March 23, 1923. Bazaar by the Syracuse Aid Society Committee, A New Gimmick, An English Witness: What Richard Lee saw in Germany
  • April 13, 1923. German in the Schools
  • April 27, 1923. Arrest Warrant for Hitler, General Degoutte and the Bordello Owners
  • May 4, 1923. Greetings!
  • June 1, 1923. The Criminal Culture
  • June 22, 1923. German Girl Turns to the Syracuse Chief of Police, Celebration for New Citizens
  • June 29, 1923. 60 German Girls in Syracuse
  • July 6, 1923. James R. McGuire on the German Community, Going to Church and Sunday Car Drives, German Maid will not sell Herself
  • July 13, 1923. Subscription Information, The Klan has a Newspaper
  • July 20, 1923. Among German-Americans There is a Lack of Racial Awareness
  • July 27, 1923. A New Portrait of Luther Found, Double Misfortune
  • August 3, 1923. The Revival of German Day
  • August 19, 1923. The Fliegende Blätter [The Flying Leaves Magazine], A Mysterious Shipping Accident
  • August 24, 1923. Buffalo's Germans Protest
  • September 28, 1923. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc. required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912
  • October 12, 1923. Penniless Bride Abandonned at the Train Station, How the War Started: The Sixteen Theses of Count Max Montgelas, His Majesty, the Dollar in Germany, Desires to be Deported
  • October 19, 1923. Establishment of a new German-American State Association, Need Knows No Commandment
  • October 26, 1923. Goethe as a Jurist, Killed by a Poisoned Pipe
  • December 14, 1923. Testament of a Freethinker By C. Peil


Webpage 9 : January - June 1925

  • January 16, 1925. Poet Spitteler is dead, Mother Jacobine Neuhardt, a reader of the Syracuse Union for many years, celebrates her 101st Birthday.
  • February 6, 1925. The Land of Endless Possibilities
  • February 27, 1925. Buffalo's German Citizens Busy: New Amalgamation of Associations and Individuals; Mayor Schwab becomes a Member, German-Americans and New Immigrants Establish a Strong Economic Organization, Maturity Comes Eventually
  • March 6, 1925. How Bock Beer Was Created in Germany
  • March 13, 1925. The First Victim in the War for American Independence was a German Boy, Why the Tree Frog is Green, The Musical Horse
  • March 20, 1925. George Washington responded in German to a Welcoming Address
  • April 3, 1925. New German Books at the Northside Library, A Successful Marriage, 25 Years in the Newspaper Business, Surgery in the Middle Ages, Multilingual Library for Ellis Island
  • April 10, 1925. Immigration to Brazil, A Modern Spirit, One Kind of Person, Enfante Terrible
  • April 17, 1925. How Many Germans live in the World? Citizens Military Training Camp, Fishing Licenses
  • April 25, 1925. Long Tall Plüskow dies in Kassel at the Age of 73
  • May 8, 1925. The Painter and the Poet, A Look at the New German Harugari Temple being built in Syracuse
  • May 22, 1925. The Most Recent Immigration Statistics, Two Germans supposedly played Traitors during the War
  • May 29, 1925. Ontario's Beer without a Kick, Musical Director Sousa sues Lorillard Co. because It used his Picture in an Advertisement, Tägliche Rundschau and Zeit merge
  • June 5, 1925. Adolph Hitler without a Country, The German Population in Venezuela, Remarkable Paths to Marriage
  • June 19, 1925. American Praise for German Culture
  • June 26, 1925. The Sängerfest in Buffalo followed a Noble Path — Utica Männerchor wins First Place — Syracuse Liederkranz takes 2nd and Arion, Syracuse takes 3rd Place.


Webpage 10 : July - December 1925

  • July 3, 1925. How "Huns" Acted
  • July 10, 1925. The Prehistory of Paper
  • July 17, 1925. Sensation Murder of a Deserter: Philip Knapp, Son of a Rich Syracuse Resident, being sought throughout the Entire State
  • July 24, 1925. Great Joy in the Ruhr District: Düsseldorf, the Surrounding Region to the Ruhr Valley, and Duisburg also abandonned by the Allied Forces
  • July 31, 1925. Intoxicating Drinks in the Life of Populations; Expansion of American High Finance in Germany
  • August 14, 1925. Brew Ha-Ha: The Bavarian Beer Tax; After 35 Years at the Utica Deutsche Zeitung [Utica German Newspaper] Mr. Otto Poepel searches for a New Sphere of Activity
  • August 21, 1925. The Mountain without a Railroad: A Satire about the Future in the Year 1995; The Man who burgled His Own Castle; Historic Advertisement
  • August 28, 1925. From the German Community in Siberia
  • September 4, 1925. Grand Lodge Meeting of the German Order of the Harugari; Visiting Lyons, N.Y.; Echoes from the Harugari Convention in Utica
  • September 4, 1925 page 4. On September 13th Standard Time Returns; To All Germans in North and South America
  • September 4, 1925 page 7. Hun — German Soldier; Let Our Children Learn German!; The Obedience of Wives
  • September 18, 1925. Examine the Injustice: Tarzan the Untamed; On Spies and Counterspies during the Time of the World War; In Search of the Treasure of the Incas
  • October 9, 1925. Ruppert Leads the Fight for Beer; Cunning, a Cartoon
  • October 23, 1925. The Conference of the Expatriated German Community in the Old Homeland. August 29 through September 2, 1925; In the Homeland of the Elephant: A Memoire on Old German East Africa; Snuff Is Popular Again
  • November 13, 1925. Concerning Immigrant Bonds
  • December 4, 1925. German Hardship in Bessarabia; Windmills as Instruments of Suicide
  • December 11, 1925. Stories about Germans cooking corpses during the War officially disclaimed in British Parliament


Webpage 11 : January - June 1926

  • January 22, 1926. Newspaper Banner
  • January 22, 1926. A German-American Unjustly Accused of being an Enemy Foreign National, The Myth about Children's Hands being hacked off
  • February 19,1926. Two Different Things, a Cartoon
  • February 26, 1926. A Short Biography of Mr. John J. Bausch, Founder and President of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
  • April 2, 1926. The Fate of Spies : How German Spies Fared in England during the War, The "Grandmother of the Ochrana" in the Prisoner's Box
  • April 16, 1926. Sometimes Americanizing Americans is More Necessary than Americanizing Immigrants
  • April 23, 1926. Canada Takes In Immigrants
  • April 30, 1926. German Aviator will make His Way across the Ocean to New York [Ernst Udet], The Adventurer Trebitsch-Lincoln, Mysterious Mansion Fires in England
  • May 13, 1926. England's Greatest Liars
  • May 28, 1926. A Petition
  • June 4, 1926. Mrs. Einstein's Astonishing Announcement, The Recluse Millionaire
  • June 18, 1926. A Bomb Attack, What do the Unemployed and the Employed earn? Schenectady's German Newspaper Publisher celebrates his Silver Wedding Anniversary, Female Police Officers in Service in Dresden, Battle with Skeletons : The Cabaret "Nichts"
  • June 25, 1926. The Islands of the Lepers


Webpage 12 : July - December 1926

  • July 2, 1926. "If I were a German," Booze Smuggling Flourishes
  • July 16, 1926. About French Foreign Propaganda
  • July 23, 1926. Accident-Free : The German Flight Service was accident-free in the Last Quarter, She wants to be a Good American
  • July 30, 1926. The Sunken Metropolis, The Contract of the Gold-Maker (Alchemst), Beware! New Regulations for obtaining Immigration Visas in Germany, Becoming a Gymnastics Teacher in Buffalo
  • August 27, 1926. Let Us Remember the Dead, Harugari Convention in Buffalo, Reception for the Syracuse Delegates, The German Mark can stand on its own
  • September 3, 1926. Protest against the Quota : German Immigration must not be adversely affected, Leipzig Fall Trade Fair opens
  • September 10, 1926. Rodgers, the hero of Hawaiian aviation, dies in an accident, All Religions are the same, Fire-damp [Flammable gas found in coal mines], Fort for sale, An Example for German-Americans to Imitate, Ku Klux Klan for Christman, Charter Meeting of the Western New York Gymnastics District, New Altitude Record Achieved
  • September 10, 1926. Secret Diplomacy, We're looking for these People, The "Hindenburg Haricut" is the latest in Women's Fashion
  • October 29, 1926. Women and the Rights of Citizenship, Frederick the Great and the Gold-Maker (Alchemist), Unusual Manifestations in the World of Birds
  • November 5, 1926. The Decision
  • November 19, 1926. Germany by the Numbers, A Prison Idyll, The Piano Record
  • November 26, 1926. Speed Photography in Germany
  • December 3, 1926. Lufthansa: Initiating some interesting innovations in their operations, Shaw's Nobel Prize
  • December 10, 1926. Adam Metzger dead : Civil War Veteran and Former Grand Bard of the State of New York German Order of the Harugari, Why Americans are unloved in France, Famous Jewels Disappear


Webpage 13 : January - June 1927

  • January 21, 1927. Interesting Words, Old German Empire Banknotes Swindle Attempt, An Expensive Hunting Trip
  • January 28, 1927. Kissing Shortens Life-Expectancy, German-American elected Bank President
  • February 4, 1927. Report from The Onondaga County Savings Bank, Newspaper Banner, German Comrades Invited to join the New York State Militia
  • February 11, 1927. Dr. Francis E. Engelhardt Dead, Advertisement for Onondaga County Savings Bank
  • February 18, 1927. Germany-Austria Merger
  • February 25, 1927. Tagore on Europe: The Great Indian Poet paints a bleak picture, The Metropolitan "Freight Train", The Closing of the 18th German Federal Shooting Tournament
  • March 11, 1927. Smoking protects against Flu
  • March 25, 1927. Political Parties against the Return of the former Kaiser
  • April 1, 1927. Luckner's Lecture, Young German Woman [from Buffalo] becomes Lawyer
  • April 15, 1927. The Number of Germans in Soviet Russia
  • April 29, 1927. Advertisement for Saul's Garden Store
  • May 6, 1927. Gerard in Utica, Syracuse Union Subscription Rates, Mother's Day
  • May 13, 1927. Alert: The Political Situation in Europe is similar to that before the World War, The "Czeching" of German Bohemia
  • June 3, 1927. Article 431 and the Evacuation Question, The Voice of His Dog, The Westliche Post: 70 Years Old, A Great Loss for a Church Newspaper: William Harrer


Webpage 14 : July - December 1927

  • July 8, 1927. Egg on his Face
  • July 22, 1927. German Wartime Aviator will fly to New York and Back : Ernst Udet
  • August 12, 1927. Died in Exile : Emil Kant
  • August 19, 1927. On the forthcoming State Convention of the German Order of the Harugari, "Lest We Forget", Convention of the German Order of the Harugari, Boulevard opened, Brazen Burglars, German Aviator in Syracuse
  • September 9, 1927. 75 Years Old : The Syracuse Union, The Critics, a Cartoon, For Mr. Schoeck on the Occasion of his 59th Birthday
  • September 23, 1927. The Old Question [War Reparations], Further Congratulations!, The Weekend, A Poem, A Farewell
  • October 7, 1927. A Cautious Woman, a Cartoon
  • October 14, 1927. With an Empty Pocket : Many a Legionnaire from Paris returns to his Homeland, George H. Gebauer dead
  • October 21, 1927. Count Luckner must sell the "Vaterland"
  • October 28, 1927. The Phony Colonel
  • November 11, 1927. Eradication : The Last Remnants of the German Language in South Tyrol
  • December 2, 1927. Saul's Seed Store on the Northside
  • December 23, 1927. Revolt in the Desert : T.E. Lawrence
  • December 30, 1927. Robert Paschke † : Earlier Publisher of the Troy German Newspaper, A Look Back : The Syracuse Turn Verein


Webpage 15 : January - June 1928

  • January 6, 1928. Lieutenant Könnecke will continue his Flight to the United States, Berlin Today : The Much Beloved Humor Disappears, Thea Rasche's Plans : German Female Aviator will fly over the Ocean
  • January 20, 1928. A German Day in the Brazilian Jungle
  • January 27, 1928. Count Luckner and Ford
  • February 3, 1928. America and the Spirit of Steuben, Third National Bank offers new Customers a Beautiful Premium
  • February 10, 1928. Count Luckner wishes to spend the rest of his life in America and become an American citizen
  • February 24, 1928. American in Germany tried for Industrial Espionage
  • March 9, 1928. German Female Civil Servants must wear Clothing that extends up to eight inches below the Knee
  • March 16, 1928. Reassurance, a Cartoon, Troy Freie Presse (Troy Free Press) saved from Extinction for a Second Time
  • March 23, 1928. Louis Kossuth : The Indirect Cause for the Founding of the Syracuse Union, Carl Dannhauser wishes to have the Circumstances concerning the Sale and Purchase of the Troy Freie Press placed in the proper Light, Miss Stinnes on her Auto Journey around the World arrives in Peking
  • May 4, 1928. Germans in America!
  • May 11, 1928. Airmail Flight Plan Published : Service for Syracuse begins June 1st
  • May 18, 1928. Important News for Our Female Readers : Richmond's Ladies Salon
  • May 25, 1928. Suspicious : Phosgene Gas Leak in Hamburg
  • June 15, 1928. Thea Rasche : German Female Pilot angered by Delay
  • June 22, 1928. The First Woman has flown over the Ocean : Miss Earhart and Companions complete Easterly Flight in 20 hours and 49 Minutes


Webpage 16 : July - December 1928

  • July 20, 1928. Sentenced to Death For Damages to the Soviet Coal Industry, Too Dangerous (A Cartoon)
  • July 27, 1928. The Next World War, The Woman with the Armored Stomach
  • August 3, 1928. German Day Celebration in Rochester, The Raider Emden : The most monumental of all Sea Films will be shown at the Empire Theater, Locomotive Explosion with Disasterous Consequences, Memorial for unknown Soldiers at the Battle of Oriskany
  • August 24, 1928. "The Watch on the Rhine," The End of the Kimono, A German Mecca in Montreal
  • August 31, 1928. Three Lutheran Synods merge to become the Evangelical-Lutheran Synod of America, Eternal Peace? Brewer Busch : Deals a Staggering Blow to the Anti-Saloon League, A Strange Joke
  • September 21, 1928. Obituary for Pastor Dattan
  • October 5, 1928. Count Luckner on the Lecture Tour in America
  • October 12, 1928. Newspaper Editors and Publishers welcomed by Hoover : Syracuse Union was represented
  • October 19, 1928. Walter E. Mossdorf & Marie Mossdorf neé Lill present themselves as a married couple, The delegation of editors and publishers of foreign language newspapers
  • November 2, 1928. German Americans, Herbert Hoover was good enough to help our old homeland in the time of most bitter need, Weather Witches : Until a few Centuries ago People in the Alpine Countries believed in Them, "Mystery Ships" revealed, On Mossdorf's Wedding, Scientific Explanation (a joke)
  • November 23, 1928. Wife—Mrs.—Spouse, Rhenish Humor : The Mayors of Cologne and Düsseldorf in an Amusing Duel of Words
  • November 30, 1928. Air Traffic : Germany and America in the lead
  • December 21, 1928. The King of German Minnesong : A Commemoration of the 700 Year Death Date of Walther von der Vogelweide, Out of the Mouth of Babes : Bernard Shaw, Maxim Gorki, and Mark Twain


Webpage 17 : January - June 1929

  • January 4, 1929. France honors a German Aviator - Ernst Udet, George Bausch dead
  • January 11, 1929. Two Pioneers die at the same Time : Mr. George Bausch and Mr. Louis Leiter
  • January 18, 1929. National Lutheran Council at its annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio : Rev. W.L. Scheding of the Lutheran Mt. Tabor Church of Syracuse One of the Speakers, Who won the War?
  • February 15, 1929. Speculation - a cartoon
  • March 1, 1929. A Rabble-Rousing Preacher is dead : Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, Carl Schurz, The Wicked Immigration Law : Mother must return to Germany, where she's practically could have died of Homesickness for her Children living in America.
  • March 8, 1929. Pastor Scheding returns from Washington, Karl Schurz : Immigrant and Statesman
  • March 29, 1929. Schadenfreude - Spitefulnesss
  • April 19, 1929. Buffalo knows how to party : A Syracuse Woman receives the Gold Key to the City of Buffalo
  • April 26, 1929. The Utopia of World Peace : May not be achievable through the Kellogg Pact, Orator (H.G. Wells) declares
  • May 3, 1929. The First Lutheran Sermon broadcasted here via Radio (Pastor W.L. Scheding)
  • May 24, 1929. Einstein sick of haggling : Declines the Honorary Gift of a Berlin House given to Him, Two Jokes: Community Property & Logic
  • June 7, 1929. The Little "German" Lieutenant : How Gabriele Petit worked for the Entente Spy Service
  • June 14, 1929. The German Community in India, Opium Addiction among Indian Children


Webpage 18 : July - December 1929

  • July 12, 1929. All Quiet on the Western Front : One of the Greatest Tales of the First World War Begins Sunday in the Syracuse American and Journal, The Prophetic Field Marshal : A Memoire of the Last Year of the War, Japanese Mass Migration to South America, Forget Raising Wages
  • July 19, 1929. Count Luckner delayed, but safe : The Schooner "Vaterland" deviated off course, according to a Radio Message
  • July 26, 1929. Prisoner of War Halm : The Sad Story of a German in a French Prison, The Germans in Wartime : A Photo Display at the Temple Theater, The German Community in the Soviet Union, An Italian's Decision concerning South Tyrol, Lightning strikes a Radio Antenna
  • August 2, 1929. Travel Report by H. Mirbach Sr., Syracuse, N.Y. : Part One
  • August 23, 1929. Recipe for a Good Roast (A Poem), Travel Report by H. Mirbach Sr., Syracuse, N.Y. : Part Two, Italy (A Cartoon)
  • September 6, 1929. Genuine American, Travel Report by H. Mirbach Sr., Syracuse, N.Y. : Part Three
  • September 20, 1929. Germany's First Motorized Aircraft Pilot : A Fifty-Year-Old Pilot's Recollections, Museum for German Immigration to Brazil, Nobel Prize for the Book All Quiet on the Western Front
  • October 18, 1929. Hofmann's Celebrating it's 50th Year Anniversary, About Old German Beers and Taverns
  • October 25, 1929. The Chained Dragon (A Cartoon)
  • November 11, 1929. Bloody Unrest during German Elections : Next Berlin Municipal Parliament will not legislate with an Effective Majority
  • December 27, 1929. Just Rewards (A Cartoon)


Webpage 19 : January - June 1930

  • January 3, 1930. Remarque has an Automobile Accident, The Film Actor and the Nurses (a Cartoon)
  • January 24, 1930. The Colonel in the Burnus : The Real Lawrence Legend, A Drama in the Arabian Desert, A Business' 25th Anniversary (Mossdorf)
  • January 31, 1930. Ex-Kaiser considers a Return, "The Law applies to all People!" : Passing Remarks made by Frederick the Great, Poems sent into the Syracuse Union
  • February 7, 1930. Pastor Scheding honored — On the Anniversary of his Five Years of Ministry, Citizen or Non-Citizen, Where do the "Berliners" come from?, How Moses Mendelssohn met His Wife
  • February 28, 1930. How Many Germans are there?, False Report concerning the Harugari Order (with picture of SU editor)
  • March 7, 1930. Accused of High Treason : Krupp and Thyssen supplied the Enemy
  • March 14, 1930. Lutherans plan Grand Church Federation (with pictures of Syracuse Lutheran Pastors)
  • March 21, 1930. Great Men and Their Mothers, The Constable didn't want Sausages, Ridiculous Company Records
  • March 28, 1930. Goethe's Last Love : On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Ulrike von Levetzow, The Psychophysiology of Sleep, The Sinking Oil Field
  • May 16, 1930. Mark Twain's First Honorarium, The Wager
  • June 20, 1930, Acquitted and Convicted : The Lodzer Volkszeitung, Advances in the Art of Healin (Cartoon)
  • June 27, 1930. The Augsburg Confession : On the 400 Year Reintroduction to World-History Events in the Old Imperial City, Uniform Ban Enacted : National Socialist Movement Members must take off their Brown Shirts


Webpage 20 : July - December 1930

  • July 11, 1930. Luckner off to the West Indies
  • July 18, 1930. The Ten Commandments for Young Wives
  • July 25, 1930. Glenn H. Curtiss Dead, 400,000 Unemployed in the State, The American Legion and the Lutheran Church, Beautiful Germany
  • August 1, 1930. Hindenburg's Rhine Journey a Veritable Triumph
  • August 8, 1930. An Anecdote : Max Reinhardt
  • August 15, 1930. Training (Cartoon about a Seance Table,) Curious Taxes, Antelopes as Draught Animals, Autobus Conductors, be courteous!
  • August 22, 1930. The Science of the Soul
  • September 5, 1930. How Old is the Syracuse Liederkranz? (Including some history on the Syracuse Union,) See a German Aviator Land
  • September 12, 1930. The Piano Lesson
  • September 19, 1930. In the German Reichstag Elections : The National Socialists win a Significant Victory, The German Election, A Linguistic Observation : Like the German Language, Others also have their Foreign Words
  • September 26, 1930. Prisoners of War from Devil's Island, Thomas Mann's Book in the Public Library
  • October 3, 1930. New Slogan for the Fascists, Children being sold, An Active Woman of German Blood (Mrs. Elisabeth Wirth-Muller of Monticello, N.Y.)
  • October 10, 1930. Down with Germans and Jews! Yells a Prague Mob at Rallies against German Cinema, Hitler's People under a Church Bann, Workers Defend the Republic : Would Block Any Putsch Attempts, Ten Commandments to reaching One Hundred Years of Age, Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, Divided (Analysis of the Causes for the National Socialist Election Results)
  • October 31, 1930. Motherly Advice (A Cartoon)
  • November 7, 1930 Conan Doyle : The Physician, Writer and Spiritualist, The Cabbie as Sherlock Holmes, An Opponent of Richthofen has an Accident
  • November 14, 1930. Mossdorf appointed to Membership in the World Federation of Promoters of Culture
  • November 21, 1930. Fascist Victorious in Local Elections, Back Again in Germany
  • November 28, 1930. A Citizen of Syracuse Receives Letter from Brother, who describes the Sad Situation in the Polish Occupied Regions, Appeal to the League of Nations Regarding the Oppression of Germans in Poland, Reassurance (A Cartoon)
  • December 5, 1930. Reich Censor allows the Remarque Film to be shown
  • December 12, 1930. Protest Note against the Poles Sent from Berlin to Geneva, It was a German who was responsible for Usage of the English Language in America
  • December 26, 1930. President of the Rochester Abendpost (Rochester Evening Post) is 85 Years Old


Webpage 21 : January - June 1931

  • January 2, 1931. Happy New Year Cartoon
  • January 9, 1931. Intrigue against Germany Exposed : Gaffney publishes Book under the Title Breaking the Silence.
  • January 16, 1931. There's no getting along with the Swastika People : Home Guard Leader Starhemberg has turned away from them
  • January 23, 1931. The German Pastry Shop
  • January 30, 1931. "Civil War" in the German Reich : Many People injured, a few dead, in Clashes between Fascists and Communists, The Mayflower destroyed by Fire, Young Wife slain with Ax, A True Story
  • February 6, 1931. German Aviation Hero Killed - [Günther Plüschow], Obituary : Emil Wilhelm Schmidt
  • February 13, 1931. Fascism or Hitlerdom in Germany : Interesting Lectures Tomorrow, Saturday, at the Onondaga Hotel
  • February 20, 1931. The Height of Laziness (A Cartoon), Hitler Movement against Catholics?, Germans will function as Spectators in the Next War
  • February 27, 1931. America a Paradise for the Housewife, says Mrs. Einstein, Even Science has its Drawbacks : Prof. Einstein sticks His Finger into the Wound, "The German Pastry Shop"
  • March 6, 1931. The Fate of German Farmers in Volhynia, Who is the Richest?
  • March 20, 1931. Pride (A Cartoon), Free Return Trip to the Homeland : Available for Immigrants in Need, Who have been in America for Three or Fewer Years
  • April 24, 1931. Plans for combatting Unemployment in Germany at Hand, Plans for combatting Unemployment in Germany at Hand, The Newspaper Stahlhelm suspended after Attacks on the Government, Libel leads to Divorce, The Cruiser Emden sails to China
  • May 1, 1931. Nazis want Hindenburg to resign from Office, Contract to Russian Millions made Public, The Soviets rescinds Orders in Vienna due to the Ban on Egg Imports
  • May 15, 1931. Adolf Hitler has molted and will tolerate No Violent Acts : Cleans up the Nazi Party and sacks Defiant Captain, Wilhelm on the Side of the National Socialists
  • May 22, 1931. German Women as Explorers
  • June 5, 1931. Commotion in Germany over the Geneva Negotiations, German Female Aviator is seriously injured


Webpage 22 : July - December 1931

  • July 3, 1931. Stork Parades
  • July 10, 1931. Dohna's slander case against Ludendorff goes to Trial, An Important Document Suppressed
  • July 24, 1931. German Casting Director in America (Marlene Deitrich's Husband), Have the Times Changed? (The Rules of Love), Ricarda Huch wins the Goethe Prize, Germany Must Help Itself, It was a Surprise, Stay True to Yourself, DO-X Has Overcome Both Fire and Revolution on Way to Visit United States
  • August 7, 1931. The Appearance of the Black Death 600 Years Ago, Increase in German Language Instruction in New York, Depression Can Be Seen Everywhere
  • August 21, 1931. Joke on the Residents of Bern
  • August 28, 1931. Cold Comfort (business Rivalry after World War I)
  • September 4, 1931. Student Rioting Long Ago, From the "Good Old Days."(17th-18th Century Breslau), The Forbidden Braid
  • September 18, 1931. About the Germans in Paraguay, When is a Person Drunk?, A Wunderkind
  • September 25, 1931. Attempted Coup in Austria was a Dismal Failure, The Oldest Marriage Newspaper, A Praiseworthy Institution (The business Dept. of the Syracuse Public Library)
  • October 2, 1931. The Steel Helmet League Forms Alliance with Hitler's Stormtroopers
  • October 9, 1931. Quite Easily (a Joke), 100 Page, Beautifully Illustrated Book available Cost-Free to Our Readership (Westermann's Monatshelften)
  • October 16, 1931. Senior Rabbi Salomon Ullmann has died
  • October 30, 1931. Hitler Predicts the Imminent Fall of the Brüning Government, The German-American National Bund is established, Ships carrying gold from France to the U.S.
  • November 27, 1931. Jokes, The Correct Pronunciation (Theodore Dreisser)
  • December 4, 1931. The Fight for the Mother Tongue (South Tyrolea), Telltale Doodling, Sanctions on Autos (Speed Bumps), Use the Opportunity (The U.S. could have sided with Germany)
  • December 11, 1931. Around the Brown House in Munich (Nazi Party Headquarters), Consequences of the War (Low Growth Rates)
  • December 25, 1931. Hitler Avoids Arrest by Leaving Berlin : Publication of His Open Letter to the Chancellor, The Hamburg "Dom", Hitler's Response to Brüning First Published in America, Count Luckner on the Radio


Webpage 23 : January - June 1932

  • January 1, 1932. The Guinea Pig (Cartoon), That shouldn't happen! (Cartoon), Thoughts for the New Year, The Spoils of His Enemies, Against Women Working, Interesting Lecture by Count Luckner on the Radio, The New Berlin, Trotsky Cautions Against Hitler
  • January 8, 1932. The Situation in Germany is worse than ever, Banker Speyer says, Greta Gargo visits Luckner's "Mopelia", Germans Drink Less Beer Nowadays
  • January 15, 1932. Germany Unable to Pay, A Campaigner for Women's Rights : New Letters by Fanny Lewald, Potemkin Villages, A Needle in the Heart, Before the Court with a Heater, The Practical Man at the Train Station (Cartoon), A Call to the Germans of this City! Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Goethe's Death
  • January 22, 1932. How I Enchanted America : An Interview with Stunt Pilot Ernst Udet, Jubilation for the Heir to the Throne, Suicide at the Stock Market
  • January 29, 1932. Who is the Inventor of Mayonnaise?
  • February 5, 1932. Adolf Hitler now a German Citizen?
  • February 12, 1932. Nietzsche in Light of His Disciple : From Recent Letters by Peter Gast, A Pawnshop Comedy, The Man with Three Names, A Look Back at the Storm-Swept Existence of the Syracuse Union, The Oldest German Sea Conquest, Novel Titles, Death and the Pride of Nobility
  • February 26, 1932. Best wishes for the Syracuse Union
  • March 4, 1932. Hitler's Appeal to the German People, A Generous Husband
  • March 11, 1932. The Situation in Germany, Grand Festival Commemorating Goethe under the auspices of all the German Associations of the City (Event Announcement)
  • March 25, 1932. Goethe Celebration a Huge Success
  • April 1, 1932. Raids continued against Hitler Headquarters by Prussian Police, Max Reinhardt sells his Theater in Berlin, Buffalo : By a 9 to 1 vote the Bar Association of Erie County has called for the repeal of the National Prohibition laws
  • April 8, 1932. Hitler promises Women a Home and a Husband
  • April 15, 1932. Hindenburg Remains Reichs President : Hitler Army Disbanded
  • April 29, 1932. An Interesting Debate (France vs. Germany), Prussian Cabinet Resigns on May 24th
  • May 6, 1932. German Mother Who had to Send Two of Her Sons to the War against Germany and Lost Them Both, is Dead
  • May 13, 1932. Hitler Gets No Money From Wilhelm
  • May 27, 1932. Old German Garden Care, A Natural Wonder : Mr. Meyer's Tulips
  • June 3, 1932. Two Boys of a German Pastor
  • June 10, 1932. Steel Helmets March in Commemorative Parade, The Mind Reader (Cartoon)


Webpage 24 : July - December 1932

  • July 1, 1932. Hitler's Stormtroopers Parade in New Brown Uniforms, Return of the Kaiser a False Rumor, United German Societies of the City of Syracuse : Principles and Constitution of the United German Societies passed in Its Last Session
  • July 8, 1932. Hindenburg's New Emergency Ordinance should pacify the Southern States, German Fleet in Danzig Harbor, To the Noble Experiement — Prohibition
  • July 22, 1932. Hitler's Troops Allegedly Reich Auxiliary Forces : Sensational Declaration of a Witness in a Litigation Case, Berlin, Brandenburg under Martial Law : Chancellor von Papen Appointed Dictator of the Prussian State
  • July 29, 1932. Hitler Will Establish His Reich On Honor, Freedom, and Bread, A Bride from the Homeland and Miss Garbo
  • August 5, 1932. Why does the Stork bring Children?, The Fate of Violins, Who Pays the Doctor?, The German Election, Oh, Land of Tyrol, My Singular Joy, How I Long to Return to You!
  • August 12, 1932. Hitler to become German Chancellor? : Occupation of the Chancellor's Office at the Foreground of Interest
  • August 19, 1932. German Airmail Service began with the Airplane "Gelber Hund", With Hitler's Help Former Crown Prince will become Kaiser [A False Report]
  • August 26, 1932. Dissolution of the Reichstag Deemed Probable, The German Day celebration in Buffalo, Rev. W.L. Scheding, Pastor of Mt. Tabor Church, left on Sunday to take a long auto trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania along with his wife and family
  • September 9, 1932. The Dancer comes home after shopping (Cartoon), Swindler in a Nun's Habit, Steuben's Ancestry
  • September 16, 1932. You might be right (Cartoon), Family Humor (Jokes), Rev. Scheding is a Pastor for 25 Years, In Beautiful Germany : Mr. and Mrs. John Müller from here (A Letter)
  • September 23, 1932. False Documents against Germany : The Explosion on Black Tom Island
  • September 30, 1932. Harugari Grand Lodge Session a Great Success (with picture of Walter E. Mossdorf & Dr. Gustav Hitzel of Buffalo)
  • October 7, 1932. Successful Raid on the Rote Sturmfahne by the Berlin Police, German Voter Registration : The Right to Vote is a Duty, Female Dentist to the Kings
  • October 14, 1932. A Prisoner of Devil's Island tells His Story, France's Threat : Wants to expose Germany's Secret Armaments, Goethe wanted to invent the Hot Air Balloon, The Diamond in the Glass Eye
  • October 21, 1932. Swimming Prohibited (Cartoon), A Free and Open Word : David Lloyd George on the Versailles Treaty, Former Mayor Schwab for Hoover
  • October 28, 1932. The Women will decide the Election : Mrs. Ruth Pratt, Congressional Representative for New York, A Minor Detail (Joke), Mr. Henry Mirbach Jr. has an unpleasant surprise, An Appeal to Every Citizen of German Heritage
  • November 4, 1932. Beneficial Injury
  • November 25, 1932. France Armed to the Teeth for a War of Aggression : Sensational Article from the Kölnischen Illustrierten (Cologne Illustrated) reveals France's Massive Weapons Arsenal, A Mahler Anecdote, A Certified Midwife
  • December 2, 1932. General von Schleicher's Military Dictatorship : May create a way out of the Cabinet Crisis if all other means fail
  • December 9, 1932. Only Halfway (Joke)
  • December 16, 1932. Bigotry : Professor Albert Einstein had to undergo a rigorous investigation administered by the American Consulate in Berlin, The German-Language Press : The Declaration of Independence
  • December 23, 1932. Funeral for Carl Oberläander, Died Four Days after the Wedding in Buffalo, Brewer Busch Fears Being Kidnapped
  • December 30, 1932. A New Year's Eve in Russia :Rev. Scheding and the American Relief Administration, Collecting Women — An Expensive Hobby!, Norman E. Mack dies in Buffalo : Publisher of the Buffalo Times


Webpage 25 : January - June 1933

  • January 6, 1933. Fake Count Buys Chateau and Attempts Deposit Swindel, German Youth consider an Appeal from the Reichs Government, What comes out during a Medical Consultation (Humor), German Newspaper Ceases Publication, Something you should have (Mirbach Business)
  • January 13, 1933. The Stork interrupts the Nazi Führer, Smoing Humor, Patriotic Demonstration for a Sad Commemoration Day (Versailles Treaty), A Lucky Person (The Pearl), The Newspaper Editor (Poem)
  • January 20, 1933. Letter to Rev. William Scheding, Schwab wants to become Mayor again, Once a Slave, now a Scholar (George Washington Carver)
  • January 27, 1933. Dissolving the Reichstag will necessitate New Elections : Introduction of Compulsory Military Service expected in the upcoming New Year, Franklin Roosevelt had a German Teacher, Fabulous Notion — Phenomenal Failure (Family Humor)
  • February 3, 1933. Nazi Government for the Reich Predicted, Syracuse Union Subscription Prices, Chancellor Hitler
  • February 10, 1933. Ernst Udet will be the First to test the Paddle Wheel Airplane, The Newly Elected President was bright and eager to learn (FDR), An Entirely German Film (Girls in Uniform)
  • February 17, 1933. "Mädchen in Uniform" will be shown Saturday morning for the first time here at the Empire Theater, Hitler Declines His Salary as Chancellor
  • February 24,1933. Nazis cause a Disturbance in a Reichstag Committee Session : All Socialists in Prussia ousted from Important Posts, Letter accompanying Kaspar Hauser found
  • March 3, 1933. Hitler's Storm Troopers will supplement the Prussian Police : Police instructed to avoid any Hostility against the Storm Troopers and Steel Helmets — Will be trained against Communists, Civil War in Germany?, German Election on Sunday, Everything in Reverse (Humor), Good Advice for Chicken Thieves
  • March 10, 1933. German Voters are in Agreement with Hitler's Government, Hitler Wins, A Pleasant Visit (Pharmacist Robert S. Lehman)
  • March 17, 1933. The Boniface Association established for German Catholics in Foreign Countries, Nazi Victory encourages Annexation Movement : "Adolf Hitler, Our Chancellor" shout Enthusiastic Austrians, Black, White and Red Flags flying from Many Townhalls : Hamburg a Dangerous Place due to Bloody Conflicts between Communists and Nazis — Three Americans complain about Mistreatment by the Stormtroopers, Nazi Press crusades against the Jews, Black, White and Red again the Colors of the National Flag
  • March 24, 1933. Opening of the German Reichstag : Enthusiasm throughout the Nation — Hindenburg and Hitler's Appeal In the Potsdam Garrison Chapel broadcasted via Radio throughout the Land, Mayors of German Cities Ousted en masse : Hitler Government Clears the Table, Einstein dissatisfied with German Politics, "Prosit" (The Beer Bill), Beer Sale Question of the Day
  • March 31, 1933. Jewish Veterans Defend Themselves Before Their Comrades, Beginning of a Jewish Boycott Threatened for April 1st : The Announcement issued by Nazi Headquarters — It's uncertain if the German Government will intervene against it — Radicals have the Upper Hand, The Third Reich, Alleged Conspiracy against Chancellor Hitler, Was It a Tactical Error?, Hitler Strikes Back, Protest Assembly was quite tame


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