Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-25
LOCAL MATTERS.

"A Aiskn ey VII amply W. ~
'st ~. = sas !. nerusal Almost every trade AM
md su # business 10 represented in our I'D
any Lana :, .olumns and the citizen who doe'
eo,d -. - the Gazette each morning AM
RT, low over the advertisements not on!
1. 10 make himself acquainted will
jIDE Nced ,hnr, that directly concern him, hui
r Ro.. keep himself fully posted with re.
matters stirring around him in which
.s,Saes arrested Suppose him to be in bust.
riding Hsus any kind. A stranger may have
able sI'sss .h.d himself here in similar avoca.
sSt.s ss' nd be selling the same kind Of goods
!" on Tie 90 ., urces, his custom 10 dropping Of
Knows not the reason, because he
'"es'ss''s read tie advertisements.
,,.nve, wishes to purchase farm and
,ds s,.i ouires Of his friends If they know OF
;ses Of land for sale. They tell him OF
d.. on w.a. two they have heard Of. and perhaps
,cb.ses one at high price, when at
q, o. Bnt, ~ me time II either party had read the
acme nts they would have seen notices
:. !. ,a sc'' "a ,ov fine farms for sale by men who
t'velsr. n desrous Of selling and would conse-
liz be willing to dispose Of them little
than the market price.
~, alisa ;,i,en wishes to purchase an article Of
a's - produce and his better-half must
!, Immediately. He seizes his basket.
on. nd Or plate, and loses and hour in ram.
nett. = n p, among tho stores and returns home
NJ Z. ygs', heated and considerably united to
work, when glance at the advertise
ara before breakfast would have informed
WIG i.:'' ~ h.. the grocery keeper within square
q .I sli 1 own residence had prime article Of
ind which he wat selling low.
,ei b,,., lranger stops in the city and inquiries
hotel A runner or other interested
dual directs him to an inferior house,
,,,....- II he had read the advertisements he
street sa have asceriained which was the best
iyar hps NV -
Va, ID thus through the whole ramifca,ion
lea, vii !. ery.duy business life. A man should
base nothing of any magnitude without
: !, ?. Essri consulting the advertising columns OF
.ri,.., newspaper, us it may be received as an
tshed truth, that Advertising Is an
street Id bee Of cheapness of the desire to dispose
loa isr arcl and consequently adispositon
II il lower than otherwise would be the
taofs4 Advertising is a great institution;
''''H' on, il the subscription OF the daily news.
4, in order to remunera,e the publishers,
ola a.v q haze TO be placed at price beyond
yea" - reach Of the commonalty Of mankind,
'taPr'a without il the keen business man would
to grope his way along unassisted by
orG, q. daily index To business which he finds
advertising umns Of the we'll pat
ked newspaper
~ y, sra he capitalist designing To invest his
he'd "a ns in the West. or to remove hther
R.assl hgage in some manufacturing or other
se business. obtains the newspaper OF
I'D o,,~ osn in which he contemplates locating,
spreading i, out on his table he has be-
Of Pen him in it's advertise ments, map Of the
ness OF the place; he sees the various
,sress nesses and trades represented and he
= mi. ws tina, il there be others engaged in
D. same branches he sees represented in
advertising columns, that they will not
BID in his way as u business man.
low many hundreds have been brought
oss ! Der BY the advertising columns Of the
s 49, ,ek And cit! ough some at first may
e I'"a e supposed their vocation overstocked.
nd So ever one man We, embarked in business
lived 10 regret his location in Daven.
'sh II b, Never. The locals Of q newspaper
Is mirror rejecting the character OF the
-, habi,an,s of town, but its advertising is
hap portraying the business of place.
% SP PeE lit would good deal tighten and ex-
!, IN, y. Ute the labor of the persons engaged in
e,L king the sensus of the different school
I.lrr b.ricts, III they were met with little more
i's ,cness, and little more disposition to
'p''a |swer the queries which they are obliged
E East make. II is N ade obligatory upon those
ioa o. DO take this census, to ascertain facts IN
70. gard 10 population; these facts cannot be
'certa,ned without the assistance OF the
feren, householders, and TO refuse tho
= i, ecessary information. 10 not indicative eth
- Of much poli,eness or much wisdom -
here are few however who are unwilling
D@H' take the little trouble necessary to give
's required information, and 1t wouid DC
"g m Agreeable.If the number were still less.
ol.. is 70. the benefit Of the city generally
sas pa particularly for the cause OF educston'
eve bat all relevant statistical facts should be
rt 'certained and made public; and We should
$3.50, hnk that work which is done for the
omRon benefit, would at least not be re-
a. 'rded by those who have any regard Tor
2 hat object
~. We have had a rather unexpected bu'
perry desirable rise in the river at this point.
s'nce Saturday morning it has risen soous
twenty it chcs opposite Brady Street. ana
Zen inches on the rapids. 1t was still rising
rOn Yesterday at noon, and if there was Gwen