The death is announced of Longfellow's "Village Blacksmith," at the age of seventy-six. He was Thaddeus W. Tyler, of Lynn, near Boston, U.S.A. To his children Mr. Tyler often told of his acquaintance with the poet while he worked in a blacksmith's shop at Cambridge, 'Mass. Longfellow showed him "The Village Blacksmith," he said, after lie had written it. Tyler was born in Warren, and went to Boston in 1844. He ran the first engine ever used in the manufacture of shoes, and originated the molded stiffening for shoes. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1903. Send vour order for printing to 'he " DaiW New=" Print'prv. Prices risrh* satisfaction guaranteed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 96, 1 August 1910, Page 5
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113Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 96, 1 August 1910, Page 5
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