Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1915 — SHARK PLAYS THE DENTIST [ARTICLE]

SHARK PLAYS THE DENTIST

Line in Gleason's Mouth When It Attacked Bait —Gleason Loses Front Tooth. Savannah, Ga. —The shark commonly known as the “hog shark” in native, waters is now fully qualified as a dentist, or, in other words, the bigi fish pulled a molar in real approved style. A local bank official was the man who underwent the experience of having his tooth whisked out of his face. Here’s the way it happened: He is Mr. P. F. Gleason of the Germania bank fofee. He was in a launch in Warsaw sound. While fishing he placed the line in his mouth, holding it between his teeth. There was a sudden terrific tug as a shark grasped the bait, and the tooth, exactly in front in the upper gum, was torn out.