THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN — FEBRUARY 3, 1905
The Mysterious Mermaid
A five-year-old boy wonderingly surveyed the picture of the mermaid that adorned his new story-book, and when his mother explained to him that the mermaid was partly a beautiful maiden and partly a fish, he demanded, eagerly: “And could you eat her, mamma?”
The Idaho Republican. (Blackfoot, Idaho), 03 Feb. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.