The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
Wants Greater Loyalty.

| OCCASION.
| Wants Greater Loyalty.
| Mrs. Dysart urged greater care In
doing away with the duplication evil
and emphasized a number of points
that had been suggested by previous
| speakers. She urged greater loyalty
among the merchants and greater
cleanliness in their stores. She said
the merchants here were always most
courteous and that she would much
rather shop at home than in any 9th
er city.
Mrs. Boyd complimented the mer-
chants on the success of their window
display contest and said there had
been great Improvement in the
stores as well as the windows since
the contest was started. A great many
improvements have been made in the
stores here recently, she said She
urged the merchants here show the
shoppers living in keokuk the same
courtesy shown those from out of the
city. If it were possible to carry a
greater variety of stock, she said,
there would be much less buying out
of the city. Il
Mrs. Hornish said that she always
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was unable to find what she wanted
in stock here that she could get it
by having local merchants order it
much better and easier than by send
ing or going out of town for it.
Before leaving. the mmebers of the
Civic league committee were given
the hearty thanks of the merchants
for their suggestions In expressing
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that the Civic league had done great
deal for the betterment. of the city
and that the retailers were most
undertaking
Postpone Dollar Day.
In the business session which fol.
lowed. reports of number of commit
tees We're made. J. w Winger, a mem.
Der of the window display contest
committee. explained the plan adj
vanced for holding the Dollar day. 1t
was decided, however, that it would
b, better to hold this occasion two
weeks after the fourth and last win
dow contest rather than on the same
Saturday. A committee will be named
by the president to make arrange.
Lights lol tllS bclidE
The Retailers league will help well
come the delegates to the three con-
ventions to meet here next week. At
the suggestion of J. Arthur Kiedaisch
cards of welcome will be printed and
placed in the windows of all stores
Decorations will be placed In the
stores and every electric lamp on
Main street will be burning during
xha
here. The merchants will make spe-
cial efforts to do all they can to help
the visitors while they are here and
courtesy will be made.
Plan Of Trade Extension.
The trade extension committee will
be given every help by. the league in
carrying out their plans outlined at
the meeting last night by j. P. IngIe,
committee chairman. These plans,
briefly, are: The establishment Of
automobile bus lines between this city
and Nauvoo, Montrose and several
other smaller cities and towns around
Keokuk and in keokuk territory: the
with the baseball associa-
ton in boosting the attendance al the
opening game l1eI5 Way Ii, lie duScT-
Using of the fourth window display
contest out OF the city and running
special cars in here on that occasion;
and the improvement of railroad time
schedules in here on local trains for
the greater convenience of out of
town shoppers.
E. A. French. chairman of the com.
mittee on the garden contest, report
Il h11<y f~Sy1
with those of the Civic
league and Industrial association and
had formed tentative plans for pro-
noting the contest. This plan was
outlined and approved by the mer-
chants who will be solicited later for
prize money for the contest.