The auctioned-off letter was dated April 10 and postmarked
April 12 – just days before disaster struck.

(FOX NEWS) – A "prophetic" letter written aboard the ill-fated RMS
Titanic ocean liner has been auctioned in England for a stunning
sum.

The letter was sold by Wiltshire-based Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd.
on April 26. It was written by Archibald Gracie IV on April 10, 1912
– just five days before the ship sank on April 15.

Gracie penned the note on April 10, when the ship left Southampton, England. The letter was postmarked in London two days later, on
April 12.

"It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass
judgment on her," Gracie wrote compellingly in the letter.

"The Oceanic is like an old friend and while she does not possess
the elaborate style and varied amusement of this big ship, still her seaworthy qualities and yacht-like appearance make me miss her,"
he added.

"As dawn broke, Col Gracie returned to New York City aboard the
rescue ship Carpathia, where he began writing about what he had
been through."

Originally predicted to fetch the equivalent of $80,000, the
103-year-old piece of paper was sold for an eye-popping 
$399,000.

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge called the letter "one of the
finest of its type known."

Though Gracie survived the shipwreck, his health was
severely impacted by the disaster. He suffered from
hypothermia and various physical injuries on the day
of the sinking. In Dec. 1912, he fell into a coma before
dying of complications from diabetes.

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Singer, songwriter and activist Willie Nelson led the "outlaw
country" movement in the late 1960s. Hits include "On the
Road Again."

He worked as a disc jockey at radio stations in his native
Texas, and at several radio stations in the Pacific Northwest.

On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile came off the assembly
line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, signaling
the end of the 106-year-old automotive brand, America’s oldest.

The last 500 Aleros ever manufactured featured “Final 500″
emblems and were painted dark metallic cherry red.

In 1897, Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950), an Ohio-born engine
maker, founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing.

Along with Daimler and Peugeot, Oldsmobile was among the      
world’s oldest auto brands.

A dealer from Florida took home the last ever Oldsmobile 
built for $42,000, nearly double its original price.

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the hood of the last ever Oldsmobile.

The cereal, which contains neither grapes nor nuts, was
developed in 1897 by  C.W. Post, who was a patient
(and then a competitor), of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.  

It was one of the first commercial products marketed as
health food.

     
Charles William Post (1854 – 1914)      John Harvey Kellogg   
                                                                         (1852 – 1943)