The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-29
wnonkuK AnD lrs nUsinnss.
The Drsg Trade.

The Drag Trade.
The oldest drug honss In keokuk lsthas q |
=. Il. o'cosHoR.
| II sprang into Ksoksk life in 1862. Then
| 10 hsd mighty good establishment for 20
| new place; now hs has mighty good -
tablishusat for a oldsr plaes- For i nnov
ssa has alvays bssa Dr.. O'oonncr ? 90 2
kssp : pasticalarly complsss and sxcslisns
| Drss Ssors. II any business requires born
ladepsabilisy for il, 'tis kssping properly :
Dug essre. Thsss nsss b. no bassss1ns
thers. No carslessnsss orabsent- mindsdnes
Or stupidity. A few grains out OF ne v1ons
bottls, . mistake in proportions, ana
makes the difference Of worlds to some poor
mortal. A cynical, misantbroplc oooy may
say that here Is . grand chance for Drueg's's
| to become public benefactors. That inc
very improperest thing . majority q man
kind do is to live; that the very properest
thing they could do would be to die; and
that properly directed mistake on the part
Of ! druggist attended with fatal results would
be highly laudable and humanitarian act
This bare idea is atrocious, but we declare,
en parsnthesis, that its morality and its de-
cency are ON par with the morality and
ldecency of the Political Economists OF the
school Of Nautilus. We notice, how
ever, that these cynicsi chaps are very
solicitous lest they should be the vic
Tins Of such mistake o they suggest
land despite the Cynics there's very de-
lcided public sentiment against the luckless
killing Cd Of any body BY drugGists' mistakes.
lDr. O'Connor has, BY his mental bent and
professional fitness for his place, given bond
TO Fate, that there will be no laundering in
an establishment over which he presides.
he selects goods with the skill Of long ex-
lpsriencs and the taste Of connoseur. And
his drug store is always the perfection OF ele-
CANT arrangement. His medicines are fresh
and carefully selected, and he has an i'm
mense stock of them. Near seventeen years
in the business in keokuk has taught him
: what the Iowa public want and how to supply
them.
His stock Of toilet goods is particularly
extensive snd choice this year. Very elegant
: land proper outfits for Santa Claus, # be is
:. still lying around loose with any design on
New Years, are in the toilet goods depart
Imsnt of DR.. O'Connor's establishment
!, he manufactures Hair Tonic and Re
storstiye, which is in high favor with those
: Who have used it, and is gaining upon it,
: merits large reputation and extensive
: sales,
! WILKINSON, BARrLKrT co.
! lone Of the very best houses Of the many
! business houses Of various kinds, which g
!. to make Keokuk the capital good place it is
!. Mr.. A. ]. Wilkinson, the Senior member o
y the firm. commenced the drug business il
this city in March, 1856. Ksokuk's gooe
star was in her horoscope then; for no wor
y thier citizen has come to her than Mr.. "
The firm then was Wilkinson Marshall. 81
= it continued until June, 1868, when that firm
! was dissolved. Mr.. W. continued the bust
ness alone with continually growing ant
prosperous trade until April, 1854. IheI
d 1.-The present 6rm arrangement was made
j, Mr.. Geo. F. Bartlett, another superb
q Keokakian, was formerly of thu
n we'll known and popular house o
l. Of Bartlett, Kaye / Co. who we're in business
y here from 1867 until 1852. As to the junior
Mr.. ]. F. Kiedaisch, the elements were mix
ed and wrought up in him to make him
y gentleman, q Falstaff was coward-b!
e instinct. He is coastitutionally and BY prac
d tice an unexceptionabls man. he Was 70
J. seven years clerk in the house where he i
Is now partner, and has no superior any wher
5, as careful, experienced, and skillful drug
eist. Under the wise management Of tn
present firm the business has reached BIZ
OIL proportions The sales for the lively
N months preceding July lst, 1868, as reports
ID to the U. s. Assessor we're $4,000. Ihei
D jobbing trade is extending in all directions
lie They keep the patrons they have and ar
II constantly getting new ones. For they or
G. splendid men to deal with and have tn
o. very best, freshest, and purest OF goods.
r One note worthy feature ofthis house is th
no chemical and manufacturing department
n Over this, the skilfulI chemist, Mr.. Ora
1t. Bartlett, returned from Chicago and perm,
en- nently locoted here, presides. The labator
rs is well filled up. There Gray, like . moderr
IN ICED, christianized, enlightened successor
Zosimus, Marcus Grecus, Djafar, Albertr
he Magnus, Roger Bacon Raymond Tully an
=. those other ancient chaps who stewed an
=. brewed the elements for the philosopher
:. stone; working blindly but enthusiasticall
: . towards science. Well, Gray is one Of II
successors OF all these, working as enthus
astically but more clear-seeingly than the.
- What if Diogenes or Apollonia did think tbs
ar cir is actually spiritual being. If Anax'
20, eoras thought that cold and color we're oril
10 inal elements: And that Pythagoras nun
IA bered light and darkness in this list. In an
q, number of heads that we're not blockhead
be were busted with trying to make gold. Nee
we put on sophomaric and sanctifed airs bt
cause we know better and different from THU
Would we have known any better if we ha
elf lived in their time? And had we lived
~ that age would this age have been any bette
IS. for it? As it is for their having lived in i
ne For they we're the pioneers of modern chem
u. istry. Gray Bartlett is one Of the most d.
al voted Of the disciples Of this latter. 81
3. skill a. an analytic chemist, is one Of tn
especial grounds for public favor-that ar
the property OF this house.
AZ Mr.. A. J. Wilkinson was the frst Pres
hs dent Of the Library Association. His gre.
DO public spirit made him one Of the founder
he and most generous patrons ofthat institution
r His libsrality and wisely directed support ar
i'll An indissoluble part Of the history Of tbs
10 favorits Keokuk institution.
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"a KERR FULLER,