Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-15
sDAvENfoRT, IOWA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is 1854

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rsocy, = any 49, nodssa ievsntiahs to
spsak d xefs gysat truth ssb6t nops the
lsss tzue I'll gkah nsw. Time dies how =
ever and with It Ihy bppse and fsars, fame
and sortups, hsbpi, 81 ahd misesy. Hut
what we Asre Sbqdt u remark - thas
this day is With u an Important an6ivsr-
sasy, e. sfis yv{ss aob this bissssd day
we made out debut II The goodly dty of
Dsvsnport, AID issued the Arst number 4
the DA,Lr DAvEsrolr DExocnAr, sn6.,J
day we enter open cr tsnth volume. NJ Z
ysers Of sditsrA ieEpsrencs bdnore than
the majority d newspaper men ars ever
suhjsc.sd, to = asch, perl,s of tlse trials
Of life - any one e\psrson is ever called upon
" endure. But = for us w have no fault
~ usNss 4uOV8u ~ usWuy t&pcctS uuc M
ticipations Of our e$rlier ye4rs in Journalism
have not been realized, yetive can say that
the time spent 90 Ar in our profession in
this city, is not for I moment regretted, but
on the contrary II i matter Of /self-con-
grstulstion that our fortune has been %
agreeably cast In performing our duty as
IN editor we have the gratihcstion Of feel
ing thst whatever o,f shortcomings may
have been that we hare done our best
always advocating what we fconscientiously
believed 70 be the right, and wilfyHy doing
injury to no one. As ID our fipancial suc-
cess in operating gthis establishrhent for nine
years, w have only Qse pr two remarks to
make. First. whether w< hsGe m6de for
tune or not is 4 matter solely Of our own; J,
sssestd, If any one thinks We have made d
fortuAe ys will pay him liberal reward if
he will show US where it is or furnish rclia-
bic information as to where it may be found.
Whatever we have Or have not done in that
line, we have no fault to find. but expect to
60 right ahead doing the same thing. If
we have not gained the right kind Of expe-
riencc in nine years we propose to test the
case still farther, pursuing the even tenor
Of our way, treating men and measures as
we think their importance deserve.
Nine years in Davenport has wrought
great many changes. Looking over our
files away back to that time we find that
there has been great change in our busi-
ness relations in this city. With but few
exceptions there is not . concern doing bu-
siness here now that was then in operation.
Some change or other has been wrought
unssl it is nearly oil changed. Merchants
and lawyers, bankers and doctors, are not
always successful in their operations any
more than are those who drive the quill.
Among the few that werqin businpsA here
nine years ago and have weathered all kinds
Of storms, are Sam Perry, r. Krause, W.
c. wadsworth, Otto Rlug, Alvcrd 4 Van
Patten. F. Jacoby, Stevenson & Carnahan,
L. Lowcnstein, and one or two more there
may be. Some have failed, some dead.
some moved away-one way and another
change has been felt all around.
There are probably nip1 years ahead 0!
the most Of us. Let .ds let the past take
care Of itself. anl make it cur business to
look after the ad dairy Of the future, and if
we are here to wfitt the RECORD Line years
hence we may have still ytatcr changes 70
speak Of than now. What Davenport wll
then be you can tell as well as we, and I'd
gathcr We can all labor to secure for hcf
that prominence and prosperity that she des
serves to enjoy.
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