The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-09
Keokuk Merchants Bargains
Offered Yesterday. Appre-
ciated by the
People.
BIGGER THAN HOLIDAYS
Several Merchants Did Not
Hesitate to Glass Yesterday
Above Their Trade at
Christmas Time

Dollar day in Keokuk, yesterday,
proved an unqualified success. In
every way it was winner All day
and late last evening there were I'M
usual crowds on the street, and dur
| ing the day at least, large percent
age of the crowd was from out of the
city. Stores experienced business of
such magnitude as comes usually with
the Christmas trade. Not only were
| the Keokuk merchants satisfied, but
the people who came to deal here, felt
that they had been given the worth OF
their money, and everyone that The
Gate City's representative talked with
| from out of the city praised the local
merchants, and pointed to packages
of various shapes and sizes.
Considering the fact that the wealth
; er was not any too pleasant, the size
| of the crowd seems even more mar
velous. All during the day automo-
/ biles and horse drawn vehicles in I'M
| usual numbers, even for a Saturday,
could be counted along the streets.
Autos were perhaps more in the ma
| jority, and the shoppers in these came
! from the nearby towns, to take advan-
| tage Of the exceptional offers of the
| local merchants.
Trains Carried Many.
The trains running into Keokuk did
a good business. On the Keokuk and
| Western it was said by passengers on
this train that they had to stand up
| coming into the city, there was such
a crowd on board. The North road
train also did good business. Trains
| from across the river brought num-
Der Of people, although many machines
came from the Illinois towns nearby.
The slogan of everyone from out of
| the city seemed to be Were on our
way to Keokuk for dollar bargain"
| At least this was what the most of the
| people who were in the city yesterday
said, and they said as they were leav-
| ing that their coming had not been
! in vain.
keokuk Spirit Appreciated.
| The spirit of the Keokuk merchants
in opening up this avenue of trade,
and in throwing such really good bar
lar, seemed to be appreciated by the
people both in the city and out of
town. There seemed to be no hest
fancy on the part of everybody to pick
up these dollar offerings. Everyone of
| the purchasers seemed to realize that
| they were being offered something
really good in the bargain line, and
| they showed their appreciation by a
liberal patronage.
| Dollar day shopping began early,
! too. The experience of two store man
ayers demonstrated this fact. One Of
them was in the store about SIS
o'clock yesterday morning. AS usual,
! he turned to the mail, when a crowd
of five girls came into the store, each
one evidently trying to get in ahead
of the other. By the time his CLERKS
arrived ten minutes later, they found
him endeavoring to wait on store
! full of people. The other merchant,
in the same line, found similar expert
ences awaiting him, when he arrived
bit earlier than usual and found his
!, two clerks already showed under"
with the bargain seekers.
Vote is Unanimous.
In one of the shoe stores the clerks
and proprietors had hardly time for
lunch. In another shoe store the peo-
pie so crowded about the store people
that they were sadly hampered In
their work of fitting shoes. In dry
goods stores, and in clothing stores,
it was the same story. Every mer
chant on Main street was unanimous
in declaring that he was satisfied with
the results of the day, and that he
would go in on a similar one if it is
carried out as suggested during some
of the dull summer months.
Many of the merchants made such