Word: oldroyds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oldroyds, from old William who was murdered by Luddites in 1812, to young David who resolves to recoup the family fortunes in 1931, represent the close-fisted, passionate hard-riding Tory lot who owned mills. The Bamforths, illegitimately conceived by young Will Oldroyd in 1812, are, as one might suspect from their origin, those who suffer the worker's lot and eventually become Crusaders in that cause. The decline of the Oldroyds begins when the desire for family distinction obscures the interest in good cloth; the success of the Bamforth line lies in its espousal of the humane cause...
...novel about six generations in a North of England cloth manufacturing family needs a strong theme to hold it together. Authoress Bentley's theme is the old one about how machines, as they are gradually installed at Syke Mill, drive a painful wedge between employer and employes. The Oldroyds own Syke Mill. The first Oldroyd is murdered by his workmen in 1812 for setting up weaving frames. His son Will marries the sister of one of the murderers. Will's legitimate son Brigg and his bastard son Jonathan quarrel over workers' rights. Brigg marries the daughter of a foreman. Their...
...brother Surgeon Charles S. Taft was the first surgeon to reach Lincoln after Booth shot him. Col. Osborne Oldroyd in his book The Assassination of Lincoln, which is authentic, tells of Surgeon Taft being the first surgeon to reach Lincoln and he says Surgeon Taft had charge of the case until the arrival of the Lincoln's private physician and the Surgeon-General...
...brother told us, "When I saw Booth's face and heard the shot I knew what had happened.'' He climbed on to the stage and was helped into the box the same way Booth had come down. Col. Oldroyd says, "Surgeon Taft stood at the head of the dying president all that dreadful night controlling the flow of the blood from the wound with his finger...
...Surgeon-General ordered Surgeon Taft to report to the artist for the official picture of the Deathbed of Lincoln. That picture may be seen in the house on Tenth Street where Lincoln died, in the museum of Lincoln relics, formerly kept by Col. Oldroyd. In the picture my brother is shown standing at the head of the bed with his hands on Lincoln's head. I have seen some incorrect pictures of the Deathbed, but this is the authentic...