The Weekend Historian
Cataract WisSept. 24 -1935 Dear Lorraine & all:- I must write a few lines seeing Margaret it writing. How is your Mother? Hope she is home and feeling fine. I was so glad to hear that she was feeling better. Hope if she is home she is careful what she eats as that is very… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 24, 1935
Cataract WisSept. 17th 1935 Dear Folks- Just a line to see how you are getting along. Heard from Emma and Mary that Ella was some better last week. I surely hope she is on the gain. Write and let us know how she is. We have been so busy here ever since we got back.… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 17, 1935
Dear Lorraine, How is your mother getting along now? We got your card saying she was better and then Mary came home and we saw her Sunday and she said Ella wasn't to good last Friday. I hope she has been better now. Yes, it means work for you, child, but that mean nothing if… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 16, 1935
Cataract, Wisc,Sept 15 - 1935 Dear Lorraine & all- I must take time and write a few lines to-nite or else I wont get at it after work day's start as I have lots of canning to do yet. Got a bu. (bushel) peaches yesterday and have apples and tomatoe's to can. I got 13… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 15, 1935
Cataract WisSept 10 - 1935 Dear Lorraine- Just a line to let folkes know that I got home all right and found every just fine. And how is your mother? Hope she is feeling better. I sure feel sorry for her. My only wish is that she will get better again, and I hope it… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 10, 1935
Waukesha, Wis.,Sept. 4, 1935 Dearest Lorraine and all, Have been thinking of you folks ever since Sunday. Hope your mother is on the gain. Just drop me a card so we know how she is and perhaps we can go and see her some afternoon if she is able to have company. Every body at… Continue reading Letters to Lorraine-September 4, 1935
Journalist Lesley Blume's book "Fallout" ably tells the story about how John Hersey and the New Yorker navigated government censorship and political opposition to publish Hersey's "Hiroshima," a foundational work in later movements to prevent nuclear war. Source: Review: Lesley Blume's “Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World”
A PBS documentary investigates the cause of the infamous 1937 explosion that tanked the airship industry Source: Watch Newly Resurfaced Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster
The sheer size of the Titanic was a sight to behold in 1912, but over 100 years later, how does this vessel compare to a modern cruise ship? Source: Visualized: Comparing the Titanic to a Modern Cruise Ship
An original postcard written by a crew member of the Titanic just weeks before it sank is about to be auctioned off for up to $15,000. The rare collectible was written by Jack Phillips in March 1912 to his sister, Elsie, days before the Titanic was set for its sea trials and weeks before it… Continue reading A postcard written by the Titanic’s wireless operator could sell for up to $15,000
