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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1883
Page
3
The poem recalls simple old fashioned courtship and virtue across generations. It contrasts past and present morals, praising timeless love while noting changes in speech and manners. Eternal ideals surface through memory as the speaker eyes their children and reflects on guidance from the Fifth Commandment.
A Springfield Republican letter describes a plan to form a New York catering company to supply warm meals by mobile wagons. It proposes a central kitchen near Broadwond Thirty fourth Street with heat refrigerated boxes, a $160,000 capital structure, and concurrent stock issues including common and preferred shares. The plan envisions daily delivery to families, high quality meals, and profitable dividends for around 250 families, though the author doubts the stated capital suffices.
The passage questions how many Tildens exist and how they profit from wealth. It hints at speculative, possibly political influence linked to Samuel J. Tilden, labeling them as adroit Yankees and suggesting involvement with executors and legal actions in the surrogate court.
The tale recalls two varnish merchants Samuel and William Tilden, their talent for color and persuasion, and how wealth grew from unscrupulous sales. William Tilden’s fortune and his partnership with his nephew Blodgett ended with a dispersed gallery except for the Heart of the Andes sold privately. Mention of Messemier, valued at $10,000, and asoldier motif brought high prices. executors and heirs fight over millions while Count Tilden and others figure in social currency. The piece ends noting lavish wealth, folly, and family feuds, with a chaotic portrait of 19th century fortune.
The piece traces breeches from early practical bags to tight waist garments by 1610, notes on pockets, suspender absence, and later features like hip pockets and uprated fits. It highlights evolving fashion cues, practical pockets for tools and items, and the shift to today’s integrated trouser design.
The Philadelphia Press extols sartorial variety, noting that tall men should wear close but not tight pants, fat men in tight pantaloons, swells in stripes, gamblers in plaids, Quakers in quiet colors, and ministers in plain black. Reporters favor broadcloth, much to tailors’ dismay.
A vivid reminiscence of a dying frontier girl who feared death and cried to be held. The narrator consoles her, noting there are loved ones in another world and that she will be cared for. The scene captures a poignant moment as her soul seemingly ascends, with a final blessing lingering in her blue eyes. Interspersed are genealogical notes about a large family line and descendants.
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