The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-13

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detail by the highest scientific author
The strange and mysterious mon
ster which. as stated above, will be
on exhibition in keokuk, on board
1.-THE yacht Tamiami, anchored at the
CITY harbor, foot of Johnson street.
from a. M to 10 p. m. is As feet in
length and measures % feet 8 inches
IN circumference. 1t weighed when
captured Is tens or 10000 pounds.
and its liver weighed LOO pounds.
! Think of harpooning such a mon
ster as this and being dragged through
tine water at express train speed for
hundreds of miles for two DAYS and a
might before the game was up and the
!captive safely landed. Think of
catching a fish with a mouth big
enough to hold three men of ordinary
size and of such strange and peculiar
aspect that men of science stood as
founded. SOUNDS like Jonah story,
doesn't it? And for all one knows
to the contrary it may be and unques-
,itionably it is the sequel to that story
I N the Bible that for ages has proved
the stumbling block for men of science
and made ministers of every creed use
their wit and ingenuity to logically ex-
plain the story of the big fish that
swallowed the Hebrew prophet some
| thousands of years ago.
! 1t remains for Captain Charles H.
| Thompson of Miami, Fla, to end the
controversy. as to him belongs the
credit of capturing the monster that
could have swallowed Jonah with the
greatest ease had it been in the neigh
borhood when the prophet was lost
overheard by the crew on the ship he
was travelling on.
| Nobody is better known in the
world of sports than Captain Thomp-
Ison. For years he has been and still
lis the favored patron of the Wander
bits, the Whitneys and other million
!aire sportsmen who frequent the low
er coast and who invariably engage
him to accompany them on their trips
through the Everglades and through
the magic waters of the Florida Keys
after big game fish, for which that
section is noted
Captain Thompson encountered this
strange fish while cruising off the
lower Florida Keys In that stretch of
water that for more than half a CEN
fury was the scene of countless thrill
ing adventures and romantic exploits
alike of Spanish explorer and blood
thirsty pirates.
/ Long the home of romance and mys-
terry, it seems only natural that this
strangest and most mysterious of
monsters should have been discovered
lurking in these magical waters. Cap
tain Thompson has captured many a
wonderful inhabitant of these teeming
waters, ranging all the way from pre-
datory sharks to terrible devilfish but
nothing so strange, so weird, so I'M
accountable, as this extraordinary
creature, this puzzle to the scientific
world, which has become known as
the Deep Sea Mystery, ever came out
OF the sea before.
! With the first announcement in the
papers of the remarkable achievement
| Captain Thompson was flooded with
letters and kilograms from all over
the country. asking for descriptions
and particulars of the wonder, and in
! sistent that after having the unique
/ specimen preserved at great expense
! by Prof J. S. Warmbeth. who was
recommended by the Smithsonian In
stitute at Washington. he decided to
exhibit the wonder throughout the
country.
Yacht in keokuk All Today-Anchored
at Wharf, Levee Front.
To that end he had large seago
ing yacht constructed, the entire low
er deck of which was especially de-
signed to accommodate the monster
fish and was made sufficiently large
to allow for ample space for as many
as 500 spectators to view 1t from every
side
The yacht also carries one of the
finest and most valuable private ma
rine exhibits ever brought together,
strange specimens of marine life. all
iof which were personally collected
by Captain Thompson while on his
many cruises in the Florida straits
and adjacent waters.
Captain Thompson's palatial yacht
for such it is, which was built at
cost in excess of 100000, will anchor
at the city harbor. where the huge
sea monster will be on exhibition
from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.
The people of Keokuk now have
the great privilege for the first time
.of seeing this truly wonderful marine
exhibit, including the huge monster
known as the Deep Sea Mystery.
which probably has been the subject
Of more speculation and controversy
than any other creature that ever
came out of the ocean.
What then, is the great Deep Sea
Mystery?
No one knows. You must see it
for yourself and your guess will be as
good as anybciy's.
vou may think it some kind of a
whale, But it is not whale. Whales