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Evansville Press, Indiana, February 20, 1912 Less than two months later John and Madeline would finish their extensive Egyptian and Parisian honeymoon and return home to prepare for the baby’s arrival. Unfortunately their return passages were first...   High-res

Evansville Press, Indiana, February 20, 1912

Less than two months later John and Madeline would finish their extensive Egyptian and Parisian honeymoon and return home to prepare for the baby’s arrival. Unfortunately their return passages were first class tickets on the brand-new Titanic. John didn’t survive the sinking, although there are tales of his bravery. Madeline did, and gave birth to their son John Jacob “Jakey” Astor VI, but because he was unborn at the time of his father’s death, the will stipulated only 3 million dollars to any child unborn at the time of the will’s drafting. This was nothing to sneeze at, but not much compared to his elder brother Vincent’s 69 million and elder sister Alice’s 10 million. Vincent had never liked his father’s new wife and was said to have voiced belief that Jakey was likely not his father’s son. The brothers never reconciled. 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 22, 1896 From Wikipedia: Marie-Florentine Roger (in some sources Royer, 1869-?), better known by her English-sounding model name Sarah Brown, probably an affectation due to her Celtic-looking long red hair and...   High-res

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 22, 1896

From Wikipedia: Marie-Florentine Roger (in some sources Royer, 1869-?), better known by her English-sounding model name Sarah Brown, probably an affectation due to her Celtic-looking long red hair and pale skin, was a French artist’s model famous as the “Queen of Bohemia” in 1890s Paris. Her arrest along with three other well known artists’ models for posing scantily clad as part of tableau vivant floats at the 1893 Bal des Quat'z'Arts in Paris’ Latin Quarter, provoked one of the most famous student riots of the late nineteenth century. She modeled for Jules Lefebrve, Georges Rochegrosse, and Frederick MacMonnies among others.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 11, 1896

The room that you enter is vault-like and filled with coffins.

The undertaker-waiters call out in sad tones: “Welcome to death,” and “Choose your coffin.”

Having chosen your coffin and ordered your poison (probably beer), the waiter brings it to you, repeating some such formula as:

“Here is something to finish you off - a drink made from microbes and grave worms.”

All around you hear the undertaker-waiters repeating their dreadful phrases: “Welcome to death.” “Here is something to poison you.” “The dead cannot laugh.” “This will make you rot quickly.”