The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

PRINTED 4 PAGE EXTRA
Completeness of the United Press As
sociatlons Report for Which
This Paper is subserib-
or Demonstrates.

~ reHeNe the intense interest LOT
details regarding the Titanic disaster
The Gate City this morning issued and
delivered TO its regular subscribers an
extra edition giving the complete and
comprehensive account of the sinking
of the monster ocean steamer The
day leased wire report of the United
Press Associations announced the ex-
rected arrival of the rescue ship Car
pathia in New York about eight o'clock
last evening and notified patrons that
the wire would be kept open all night
and serve those clients who cared to
take the report and share the expense
| The Gate City ordered the extra ser
vice, made necessary arrangements
with the operator and the mechanical
| force and as a result of this aggres-
isiveness-an expense patrons of this
paper found at their home or place of
business this morning four page
extra that gave the latest news of the
sea tragedy and every line of the re.
port was received off the wire from
the United Press Associations.
Extra That Was an Extra.
The extensiveness OF the telegraph
report exceeded that of the regular
day service although only devoted to
the one news subject. AS a result
i four pages of this paper were used to
accommodate the news of the disaster
1t was real extra edition with the
news that had been anxiously awaited
for several days: the most anxiously
awaited news that civilized country
ever received
On Time and Ahead Of All Com
petitors.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
regular edition of The Gate City was
issued during the evening the me-
chanical equipment of this paper was
SO complete and the loyalty of the
force SO strong that after few hours
interruption which was given to rest
and planning-the extra edition was
), prepared and printed and delivered as
: if it were a regular morning paper or
time and in good order and the first
details of the catastrophe were given
by this paper-continuing a custom
established several years ago. No at
tempt was made to handle anything
: but the particulars of the Titanic dis
? aster. How well that was done the
public must Judge.
A Shower OF Congratulations.
When the patrons of The Gate Cit,
found the extra edition at their homes
this morning telephones were picke'
5 up and congratulatory messages sen
: Ito the Office for the complete extra AM
5 the enterprise which were required t,
8 produce such a result. There is nj
doubt but that all of the patrons of thi
paper appreciated the energy that wa
required to assemble force in orde
to get out such an edition. 1t too
v hustle and equipment and interes
but results were wanted. We got EN-
: Reason for It.
The interest in the arrival of tn
!. Carpathia. the details Of the disaste
r. and every bit CT information had bee
# awaited for days, by not only tn
!. people of the world at large but b
The Gate City patrons and this pape
r. felt that it should put the informatio
. into almost all the homes in the cit.
.. 1t requires such service as the SUI
3 scribers to the paper in Keokuk il
2. clude almost the entire house pop
4 lation.
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