Some Giant Fishes of the Seas
The article reviews belief in sea monsters and notes giant fishes as plausible candidates. It discusses sea serpents, reports of sightings, and scientists’ views, then highlights large species like morays and the sunfish as real giants. It describes sunfish size, distribution, behavior, and a notable 1,800 pound specimen, plus remarks on tuna and related fishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elief
Leviathen
Cela
Leneth
United States
California
Gulf
New England
Norway
Boa
Redonda Meacb
Globe
Europe
Giants of the sea and their monstrous cousins
The article surveys large ocean fishes including Jewfishes of tropical American waters, the massive devilfish and sawfish, and giant sharks such as the whale shark. It describes sizes, weights, habitats from the South Atlantic to California, and notes on encounters, legends, and the limits of our knowledge of deep sea life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropical American
California
South Atlantic
West Indies
South Carolina
Lis Orlelu
Carolina
William Elliott
Lapaz Hay
Mexilco
U. S. S. Narragan
George Dewey
Gulf
Curto
Arctic
Cape Cod
British Isles
Oregon
Cape of Good Hope
India
Japan
South America
Panama
Florida
Oceanic
King Peter of Servia Silent and guarded in Belgrade
A Belgrade profile portrays King Peter Karageorgevitch as the reserved monarch known as the "afsent king" who shuns criticism and intrigue. He lives in a modest Belgrade palace, rises with the sun, rarely reads, and seldom speaks, while presiding over council meetings with sleepy, approving interludes and a restrained daily routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Europe
Peter of
Servia
Peter Karageorgevitebh
Geneva
Karageorge
Holgrade
Switzerland
Peter Karageorgevitch
Pastife
Peter
Anxieus
Sunstroke Death From Hypnotic Sun Ceiling Tale
A doctor recounts trying hypnotic suggestion on a gravely ill patient by conjuring a sun on the ceiling to cure him. The patient improved briefly but died, the doctor revealing the sun caused sunstroke and the patient’s death.
English Dentist Delivers Finest Humour At Dinner
Walter Emanuel recounts at a London dinner that Punch editor Owen Seaman heard a tale of a man with the greatest humor. An English dentist pulled a tooth without gas, then held the tooth to the window and laughed. The patient groaned, “What’s the joke?” and the dentist replied, “Wrong tooth.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Owen Seaman
Punch
Walter Emanuel
Ilo
Pali
Education Key To Work Says Western Attorney
A western attorney told a job applicant that good schooling matters for telegrams and telephone messages. The boy answered confidently that he would be well educated, a remark the Independent notes as a telling moment about hiring expectations.
The Real Thing at Party Turns to Altercation
Dialogue captures a tense moment as a party ends with accusations of neighbors causing harm. A perturbed speaker repeats that the husband was cut by neighbors, insisting the injury was not deliberate and denying premeditation. The exchange hints at a local quarrel escalating into a dispute.
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North
Minneapolis
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lynn
Masa
Thompson
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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