The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-27
The Nauvoo Gate CITY
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Oct. ~, 1915

Thanksgiving day will soon be here
and the president has already issueu
his proclamation again. To many OF
us whose steps are faltering and our
faces towards the west. 1t seems but
yesterday since last Thanksgiving. AS
we grow older, how swiftly the years
go by, and some of us feel and know
that the span that still remains is
short, then why not let us make the
best Thanksgiving of all. Perhaps
our table may be small; we may not
need large one now, for many that
used to gather with us have gone
away to a fairer land, and yet how
near they seem. We almost hear
their voices. We may not have much
of this worlds goods with which to
help the needy ana poor. but we can
speak kind and loving words to the
broken hearts. Many poor soul on
life's pathway Is cropping, anxiously
longingly, looking for a kind word
which would come as ray of light 10
show them the way to the bend Of the
road, where they can have a clearer
vision. After all life's story is
weave Of little incidents which at the
time they occurred seemed trivial,
indeed, but to the evening of life we
want to remember the little kind
deeds, the little acts of mercy. rather
than the heartaches and sadness we
have caused. Let us then fill up this
coming Thanksgiving day by sowing
seeds of kindness and love- Let us
try to follow in the footsteps of the
lowly Nazarene so that when another
Thanksgiving day finds us on this
shore or on the eternal shore, we
shall look back with joy on this COM
ing Thanksgiving day.
A farmer east of Nauvoo has small
patch Of ground filled with gigantic
sunflowers. Each one of the big
flowers measures several inches in
diameter. One extra gigantic spect-
men weighs over six pounds and was
thirty inches in circumference. OF
all his crops this year, he claims his
sunfower seed the most valuable.
The action Of the Nauvoo city coun-
ell in not taking up the matter intend
ed to suppress unnecessary automo-
bile noises is unfortunate. It may be
difficult to frame a satisfactory law
regulating the use of automobile horns
and open mufflers, and perhaps vol
untary action on the part OF automo-
bile owners would accomplish more
along this line than can be done by
law. Decent consideration for the
rights and the comforts of other peo-
pie ought to lead automobile owners
to abandon the use of those forms Of
warning horns which were specially
designed for the production of the
most hideous noise attainable. This
other automobile noise however, is
clearly within the province Of law.
The nuisance who drives his machine
with an open muller ought to be sup
pressed. 1t has been done in other
cities and an ordinance which will
cover the subject fully would be
easy to prepare and easy to enforce.
When will the Nauvoo council pass an
Ordinance to suppress these automo-
bile unnecessary noises?
There are a lot Of old fogies who
would abolish Halloween and most Of
us, perhaps, would gladly curtail the
scope and activities of the occasion
IL we had our way. Fortunately,
however, we haven't. So the worll
remains young. It is not necessary
for us to remind you that If you have
any gates, prepare to shed them now.
Also, 1t will be we'll to remove port.
able appointments. such as porch
chairs, ported plants, etc; to retreats
of invisible seclusion until this too
tempting night Is passed. And If pre-
cautions, though seemingly thorough,
fail in vital ways, take counsel Of
your better nature and learn that
Halloween was made to be endured
as well as enjoyed For things vii
happen next Sunday night. OF
course. we all know that the malicious
exploits in which Fred or Ferd was
Involved, were conceived and executed
by their evil companions. If they
had had their way they never would
have occurred. But their influence
was not sufficient to stay the con-
spirators Being in the crowd. Johnny
had to go along, though he did not ap-
prove. And this is known in every
other house quite as we'll as in ours.