In late summer 1915, following months of fighting against Russian forces, the German army occupied the city of Vilnius—today the capital of Lithuania—and promptly founded a propagandistic German-language newspaper, Wilnaer Zeitung. In addition to articles on the ongoing war, the daily featured picturesque illustrations of city life by artist Walter Buhe, who also created advertisements, like this poster. Promising the latest news (Das Neueste) for one and a half marks a month, the poster depicts a newsboy brandishing a copy of the paper, his patched clothes revealing the lower-class status of many wartime street peddlers.