world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- — sea serpent
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1917-06-03
- Location
- new york, new york, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- · 1917-06-03 · page 071
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1917-06-03 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sea serpent”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention only... endeavoring to deprive the familiar sea serpent of its pre rogatives,” we see how little knowledge of this country they possess. The sea serpent was ai-! ways anxiously looked for at the summer coast resorts, and could have had free board and the run j of the bar anywhere from Maine Ito Florida. Hotel keepers and I visitors scanned the horizon with field glasses hoping to see some thing that looked like him. Tid ings of his appearance off the Jersey or Long Island coast art fully disseminated on Friday sel dom failed to fill the hotel over Sunday. The U-boat, on the con trary, is an undesirable alien who is not wanted anywhere. The ...
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.
Modern context
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