Homeward Bound: A Sailor's Lament by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A poem fragment expresses longing for home and lost treasure. The speaker yearns for wealth and reunion as ships sink and memories of loved ones endure.
26 Feb 1936
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1936
Page
1
A poem fragment expresses longing for home and lost treasure. The speaker yearns for wealth and reunion as ships sink and memories of loved ones endure.
Welfare Minister Croll urged municipalities to reveal the share of the mill rate devoted to unemployment relief on tax bills. He criticized past obscuring of relief costs in general headings and called for a clear, public display to inform taxpayers about direct relief charges.
A religious lecture discusses Jesus transfiguration as a model linking exaltation in prayer to earthly work. It argues worship should lead to service, stressing daily fidelity, personal transformation, and care for human needs over buildings and organizational effort. Questions invite reflection on faith in action.
The item reports multiple obituaries and local notices. It notes the death of a man at his daughter's home near Innkal, mentions a former tax collector salary, and records Miss Miewhor K. Malmes’s death in Toronto with funeral in Norval. It cites a Burstington High School Board meeting, a birth at a hospital, and Rev David H. Gallagher taking a new church post in Oakville, with surrounding family details and locations.
The report explains MPs receive a base payment with a one time $4000 allowance but a 10 percent cut reduces it. Additional benefits include transportation on Canadian railways, free mailing while in session, and certain privileges. Cabinet ministers earn a sessional indemnity of $36100 and a larger salary. the Prime Minister earns $15600 and the Leader of the Opposition $10600.
The Acton Pair Board honored Kennedy a longtime Sunday School leader in a moving tribute at a Wednesday meeting. The infant Cullen, son of Dr and Mrs William Cullen of Acton, born at St Marys Hospital Kitchener, died shortly after birth. services were held at the grandparents home with Rev Clarke Logan officiating.
Fragments describe snow disruption on CPR lines then a Brin Public School Valentine Party where pupils presented to Mr John Boot. Obituaries note Mary Jane Mundy and William John Moe of Krin Township with long illness and heart trouble, plus a marriage loss in the local community.
The document outlines timelines from 1290 to 1995 for financial responsibility requirements and suspensions. It notes penalties and lifted suspensions after proof of responsibility, with counts of driving violations including reckless driving and driving while intoxicated, and lists related court judgments and policy cancellations.
A Stratford tale centers on a phony tragedy as a husband faces a wandering man known as the knight of the road. He claims the man will head downtown to drink, while the wife doubts the spectacle. The husband casts off his coat to test the claim.
A Niagara Falls Review reprints a brigic comment by a young man on his way to the electric chair in Sing Hing TL and notes Dr. Harold McPee Robinson of Philadelphia launching a nation wide drive to reach 20 million American youths aged fourteen to eighteen who are not attached to many religious denominations.
Constable George Cookman of Milton returns from Christie Street Hospital Toronto after weeks of treatment. Milton town council appoints EE Wales as assessor for 1936, succeeding Chas Jones who served fourteen years and remains Milton’s oldest native citizen. A fire and accident report follows with mentions of local incidents and a curious tale of conscience money from a train ticket mix-up.
A devotional plea for grace to follow the right path and resist temptation. The speaker asks for strength to do good, renew the mind, and pursue holy ambition, inspired by Christlike love and charitable action guided by ReV. Robert Keefer.
A collage of brief items from Ottawa and Toronto highlights civil service salary hikes, minority voting patterns, and unconventional revenue ideas. The Dominion scene includes voices on urban snow removal funding and a controversial eyebrow plucking death linked to sterilization concerns.
A garbled miscellany lists odd claims about porcupines, alligators, birds, fish air bladders, earthworms and memory, bees and honeycombs, chintz, chocolate, and other topics. It contains dubious statements on temperature, light, clothing, and Chinese imagery, plus historical references and exaggerated figures.
The readable lines show a dialogue where one speaker asks for money and a favor from another. The exchange mentions earning a small salary and reluctance to quit a job until being certain of someone’s content. No clear event or entities emerge.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.