TED REEVES
OF JASPER , AR.
THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
ISSUED TWO TIMES A WEEK - 104 TIMES A YEAR
MARCH 25, 1940
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO RUN ACROSS THIS OLD NEWSPAPER EDITION AT A FLEA MARKET .
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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JASPER , ARK., MARCH 23 ,
TED REEVES GREETED SPRING WITH THIS FISHING STORY:
HE HOOKED A SMALL EEL, THE EEL TANGLED THE LINE UNDER A ROCK. RATHER THAN BREAK THE LINE, REEVES LEFT IT OVERNIGHT . RETURNING, HE FOUND THE LINE UNTANGLED , WITH THE EEL AND A LARGE CATFISH AT THE END. THE CATFISH HAD TRIED TO EAT THE EEL , BUT THE SLIPPERY LITTLE FELLOW WIGGLED THROUGH THE CATFISH'S GILLS, LOOPED THE LINE AROUND THE LARGER FISH'S HEAD AND THERE THEY WERE.