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the republican journal (belfast, me.) 1829-current — lake monster

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1899-05-04
Location: belfast, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the republican journal (belfast, me.) 1829-current · 1899-05-04 · page 8
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1899-05-04 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “lake monster”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... t h.reatching and holding the lake monster. After fish- mg ail the forenoon and not getting a nib- 1 the ..f any kind th -y would have been con- tout with the bite »f a bass, and b night they were, begging sonic oi the hovs to jive them a sucker... Several line lots of trout were taken from our streams last week. Frank Wile\ of Camden was tie .t th. fortunate ones-The ri\er above th dam alive with white perch, hut owing totlu- j bui'.sli law of our foolish Legislature of ms» winter we wim ar« moat interiijlted in them are deprived of the privilege of taking them, when they ai at their best, ...

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