Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Cooley Hurd
Cooley Hurd's Journal
Cooley Hurd's Journal
February 26, 2012
Relatives of Titanic officer seek return of letter
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_TITANIC?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
By MEERA SELVA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) -- The descendants of a surgeon who died on the Titanic nearly 100 years ago are appealing for a benefactor to purchase a soon-to-be-auctioned letter he wrote from the doomed ship - and to return it to the city where the vessel was built.
A two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50,000 at the auction later this week in Long Island, New York.
<snip>
In the letter, Simpson, 37, said his cabin was larger than the accommodation on board theTitanic's sister ship the Olympic, where he had previously worked. He also complained that he had found one of his trunks unlocked and that some money had been stolen from his pocketbook.
The surgeon, who treated second- and third-class passengers, signed off: "With fondest love, John."
The letter was brought ashore at Cobh (now called Queenstown), Ireland - the Titanic's last port of call before the ship set sail for America. It was dispatched to Simpson's mother, Elizabeth, who lived on Belfast's Dublin Road
Three days later, he died along with 1,500 others after the ship struck an iceberg.
</snip>
By MEERA SELVA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) -- The descendants of a surgeon who died on the Titanic nearly 100 years ago are appealing for a benefactor to purchase a soon-to-be-auctioned letter he wrote from the doomed ship - and to return it to the city where the vessel was built.
A two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50,000 at the auction later this week in Long Island, New York.
<snip>
In the letter, Simpson, 37, said his cabin was larger than the accommodation on board theTitanic's sister ship the Olympic, where he had previously worked. He also complained that he had found one of his trunks unlocked and that some money had been stolen from his pocketbook.
The surgeon, who treated second- and third-class passengers, signed off: "With fondest love, John."
The letter was brought ashore at Cobh (now called Queenstown), Ireland - the Titanic's last port of call before the ship set sail for America. It was dispatched to Simpson's mother, Elizabeth, who lived on Belfast's Dublin Road
Three days later, he died along with 1,500 others after the ship struck an iceberg.
</snip>
February 4, 2012
Wanna have some fun? One Million Moms is trolling for TV offensiveness
Hot on the heels of their latest outrage (against JCP and their spokesperson Ellen DeGeneres), they actually have a page in which you can submit reports of indecency on television... like, perhaps, programs running on a certain NewsCorp cable news network? You see where I'm going with this... here's the link:
http://www.onemillionmoms.com/ComplaintForm.asp
Have fun and let 'em know Cooley sent you!
Profile Information
Member since: 2002Number of posts: 26,877