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Underneath were the words: R.M.S. TITANIC William Thomas Stead, eminent journalist, lecturer, student of the occult, and devout disciple of spiritualism, couldnt have been happier. On this, the third night of the Titanics maiden voyage, he had been invited to dine at the captains table. A great honor, More Page More Page Pontiac he well knew, for unlike most henry melton

liner masters, Captain Edward J. Smith did not hold court over a huge table populated by rich, influential passengers and attractive women. E.J. never invited more than five guests to his coveted table, located near the center of the first-class More Page More Page Pontiac dining saloon. His very presence was a reassuring sight to any passenger bear pascoe

had sailed with him before. Smith would dine in public only when the weather was clear and all was well with his ship. The six-place table reflected the captains love of good dinner More Page More Page Pontiac conversation, far easier and more intimate than would have been possible with a larger number of guests. Stead, an henry melton

man whose own thick white beard gave him a fleeting resemblance to E.J. himself, was curious to know what other guests the captain had chosen-and gratified when More Page More Page Pontiac he arrived at the table and recognized his dinner companions instantly. First, there was none other than J. Bruce Ismay, the tall, handsome White Star mendacious definition

chairman whose stiff, ramrod carriage always reminded Stead of a Buckingham Palace guard. Next to Ismay sat Benjamin Guggenheim, the enormously More Page More Page Pontiac wealthy American who had made his fortune in the smelting industry. Stead didnt know him well but already had formed a favorable impression. Guggenheim was a pleasant-faced, square-jawed man with fslr

manners softened by a dry sense of humor. The other American at the table was John More Page More Page Pontiac Jacob Astor, probably the wealthiest person aboard the Titanic, with a personal fortune estimated at $150 million. In the eyes of many, it was a tainted fortune; it was not only totally inherited, but much of bear pascoe

current income was derived from vast real estate holdings More Page More Page Pontiac in New York that included some of the citys worst slums. Stead had recently read an article that described him as the worlds greatest monument to unearned increment. Unlike Guggenheim, who li.

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