Fragmentary poem about resilience and walking it off
A fragmented verse urges walking off distress as life weighs on the mind. The lines hint at persistence through misfortune and unkind fortune, suggesting resilience as purpose amid hardship.
23 Feb 1927
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1927
Page
1
A fragmented verse urges walking off distress as life weighs on the mind. The lines hint at persistence through misfortune and unkind fortune, suggesting resilience as purpose amid hardship.
Jim Harrison, a wealthy banker, and his wife Anna are drawn into a high stakes Wall Street feud. John Ryng’s disappearance and Elders’s failed book spark sensational market turmoil. Chalmers shoots himself amid the crisis, prompting Anne to confront their perilous life of speculation.
The hostess Gually proposed repurposing an old square plano for a guest chamber. She inverted the piece to form a bed frame, added a canopy and curtains, fitted springs, and completed a genuine antique result.
A mixed newspaper brief covers a reader editor exchange on weather forecasting using a joke about unsettled conditions, local health updates including Campbellville tax collector Win McPhail's paralysis and Reeve R. Smith’s accident, plus public school enrollment figures for Halton County towns and election expense reports for local candidates in Oakville and Freeman. The piece notes emigration rises to Canada, returns from the U.S., and upcoming civic events in Erin and Dufferin County.
The narrator describes a mind beset by imaginary fears and eerie visions, fearing evil and seeking divine guidance. A courier brings joy instead of admonition, offering a glimmer of trust. The speaker clings to faith to endure the troubled day and awaits calmer morrow. Evelyn BE Peacock.
Notes emphasize public servants and citizens should focus on the people’s business rather than fault finding. Ratepayers are urged to aid civic work with sensible critique. Also a movement against highway advertising signs gains traction as companies pledge to end roadside posters.
Esquesing Township council met with Reeve in chair and all members present reciting minutes approvals of accounts including Toronto Hospital for Consumptives care, municipal supplies, and wood for council chamber By Law 673 rescinded and new road expenditure by law read first time adjournment set for March 14 1927 Also notes Brampton public school penny bank shows nearly 5000 dollars in clear savings and ranked 18th.
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