🌱 How a Branson-linked Titanic museum spent over half a million

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• How a Branson-linked Titanic museum spent over half a million
• See what Titanic artifact is headed to Branson’s museum next
• How Branson’s Book Bridge fits into Missouri’s first indie bookshop tour

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• Wednesday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 62.
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📰 News we're reading

1. Titanic Survivor's Life Jacket Sells For Shocking Amount At Auction (iheart.com) — Branson gets a brief spotlight as co-owner of a Titanic museum that just bought a lifeboat seat cushion for over half a million dollars at a record-setting auction. The same sale saw a survivor’s life jacket fetch more than $900,000, underscoring the enduring fascination with Titanic artifacts and the museums that display them.
   

2. Life Jacket from the Titanic Just Sold for Almost $1 Million: Why It's Worth So Much (cruisefever.net) — A rare Titanic lifeboat seat cushion has been purchased for public display by the Titanic Museum Attraction that operates in Branson and Pigeon Forge, adding a high-profile artifact to the collection Branson visitors can see. The same auction also saw a survivor’s signed life jacket sell for nearly $1 million, underscoring the enduring fascination with the 1912 disaster and its memorabilia.
   

3. Statewide indie bookstore tour puts St. Joseph on literary map (newspressnow.com) — Branson readers can join a new statewide Missouri Indie Bookshop Tour that includes The Book Bridge among 33 participating independent bookstores. Running this summer, the tour encourages you to explore shops across Missouri, from St. Joseph to Springfield and Columbia, while supporting local booksellers.
   

4. Titanic Survivor's Life Jacket Sells for $906,000, Blowing Past Auction Estimates (cruiseradio.net) — Branson’s Titanic museum co-owners just bought a Titanic lifeboat seat cushion for about $527,000, adding another notable artifact to what local visitors can experience. The same auction saw a survivor’s signed life jacket fetch $906,000, nearly doubling estimates and highlighting the intense global interest in Titanic history.
   

5. ICE in 417 (nixajournalism.net) — Branson’s police department has entered a 287(g) agreement with ICE, approved unanimously by the board of aldermen after a packed and contentious February meeting. Only select officers will receive ICE training, and city leaders say enforcement will focus on other crimes first, while regional immigrant-rights groups organize against expanded ICE cooperation.
   

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