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PAGE EIGHTTTTF DAILY GATE CITY and CONST1TUTJ-rJ. F. BREITENSTEINVUn September 11. 1871, Mr. Breltcn-j*teln whs united In marriage with Miss Amelia Noll, who survives along with (be following children: MissClara A. Breltenstein of St. Paul, Minn.; Miss Grace C. Breltenstein jof Jxis Angelos. Calif.; Anthur J. • and William S. Breitensfein of Great Falls, Mont.. and Mrs. I*. S. Staff of !Jacksonville, III. In addition there is jonc* brother. William Breltenstein of the.[thi* City, a nephew. Frank Breiten-stein, and the following grandchil dren: Sustinne and Julius NobelStaff; Id von. Margery and Eleanor Breltenstein.Mr. Breltenstein was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the anh ■ -nouncement of the time for thefuneral will be made later.HE LIVED IN KEOKUK:| Story of too Fight. _ I His story of the historic fight be-| tween the Merrimac and the Monitor l^fls given hero, taken also from the Ga Jzette:I The passine of J. F. Breitensfein re duces to three the survivors of theHe Was Member of th© Crew of Merrimac and Was Well Known Nationally as Trap Shooter.Mechanic He Worked In Rock land Shops Here and He -Held Membership in Masonic OrderIcrow of nhe Merrimac. the confed-•rate iron clad that engaged with the .federal Monitor, in the first battle_ ever fought in the world between' t wo iron clad lighting boats. The Julius F. Breitenstein of Burlington, I battJe occurred on Sunday. March S. ova. former resident of this c.irv ardj1^62- In addition to the thre« rationally known as a trap-shooter. vivors of the Merrimac .crew, lied Monday night at Burlington fol-|are Captain Whiteowing a short illness.The deceased was a railway nte-hanic and j«a one time worked la the lock Island shops hare. He lit Id nemborhsip. in Eagle Alasonic ledge »f Keokuk, .'being one of tho oldest oembers.The following sketch of Mr. Breit-•nstein’s life is taken from the Bur-incton Gazette of last evening:Julius Ferdinand Brcitenstc-in, a1 hadsur-whoof New York, who charge of the speaking tubes of tfce boats; Captain Marmaduke of Washington. D- C.. who was a midshipman in the fight, and William Poulsou of Chicago, there still survives one member of the crew of the Monitor. Charles Burr of Meriden. Connecticut. AM the survivors are members of the Farragut Naval Veterans’ association of Chicago, and Mr. Btreil*«n:umn never failed to attendtoldthetheritizen Of Burlington for the pa*t jthe reunions of this body, hirty years nnd over-and one of the; Mr. Breltenstein often •eteran employes of the Burlington story of the historic light between outc shops, passed away at 7:3'i ir0n dads.•’clock last avening at his home. No. The ininsformation of the old Mor-339 Angular street. Mr. Breiten- ]nmac into one of the first iron cladsin the world, by building an armcr railroad iron about her is an old story. On March 8, the day beforefor sev-•tein had be«m in ill-health •ral months • suffering from a heart jof .fraction. Scores of friends will nourn the passing of this genial. ;indly old gentleman who refused to crow old de-sPDte his years, and who ip lo the timo he was stricken with lis last illnes^. took a keen interest, n out-of-door *sports and pastimes.-n addition to»bis interest in these hings. Mr. Rre4tenstein was a mechanical geniire and found time dur-ng his long service as machinist rifh Uie Burlington route to invent j arious applianlt;«*. In fact he con-ributed some oi his inventive pro j •Jivlty to the . p««rfection of the air j irake.the battle with the Monitor, the Merrimac. or Virginia, as she had been rochrist«*nod. steamelt;l away from her moorings on Cranny isljuid, and into . Chesapeake bay. to give battle to the • Union fleet of wooden men of war. I The federal brtteries from Hampton ] Roads and other points played a tat-;too on her iron sides, and had no more effect than so much hail, except for the din. The veteran's story continues:The Veteran's Story.*'We passed up the Congress, just as a matter of sentiment. The eom-Imander of the Merrimac was Com-iniodore Franklyn Buchanan. On theWas a National Figure.Mr. Breitenstein led an eventf 1 Areer and was a national figure in ^ways than oir. He was one or i unton ship Congress, his brother, survivors of the oonfederate 1 McKeon Buchanan, was an officer, clad Merrimac. serving on that1 The commodore did not want to sink during thi* historic battle with | the ship on which his brother was Monitor. He also was a trap: serving, so with the batteriesnoreourron►oathehot of renown-.and perhaps attended nore big shoots* than any mem in the iountry. For yet.rs he* was -a regular •ntrant in Grand American handicaps ind the passing .years* in no manner limmed his eye and he*took.his place ind scored up at-the traps with hun-lreds of men half .his age- He won a lumber of trophies and was beloved:»'.otrap enthusiasts*fronnthe the Pacific.the batteries of all the union ships playing on us. but with no effect, we passed the Congress. and putting on full steam, rammed the Cumberland.•'The weight back of our heavy Ironclad sent our iron ram half way through the Cumberland. Her gun ports were too high to permit the use of her artillery, while our? wereAtlantic* nicely In range. Buchanan called on•Commander Radcliffeof the Cum-His reply was Then the tore into ship, and the havoc and thej berland to surrender.Born in St. Lours. j that he would sink first.Mr. Breitenstein horn in St. {batteries of the MerrimacLouis. September 10. 1844 At the,! the vitals of thlt;* doomedige of eighteen years he enlisted *ni in a few minutes betweenhe confederate army and was assign-*, wrought by the rammingvi to the Merrimac. the .only iron:! fire she was sinking.?lad fighting boat then In • existence..] “Buchanan tried to back his ship During the engagement, he was away from the Cumberland so as to stationed below decks of t!*» j disengage his ram. This he was un-confederate boat. not knowing jabie to do. pnd for a few minutes itwhat minnte the craft would hooked as. though we'would sink with Sink. One of his most highly priaed , our victim. However, a few minutes relics is a brass ordnance gauge given j later, as the Cumberland settled down, him by Commander Buchanan of tfr* hor ^Pjeht broke our ram square off Merrimac Mr. Breitenstein served fin and wlt;? were released the confederate ranks until the close. Cumberland sa.nk a few min-of the war, later coming to this city. jrites latrr. and her quick end had thedesired effect on the commander of the Congress, who surrendered as we steamed towards her. Federal sharpshooters from the shorn were picking off some of our men, and wounded Commodore Buchanan.The tide was going down and threatened to leave us aground, so we could not reach the Minnesota. So, afier having demonstrated our fighting ability, w« steamed back to our moorings off Cranny island, none the worse for the battle except the loss of our ram.IComes the Little Monitor.Flushed with our success we steamed out up the bay the next morning. It was Sunday, and a beautiful day. Our officers had learned in some way of the arrival of a mysterious craft during the night. This vessel of mystery wan the famous little Monitor, aside from our ship, precursor of the formidajble superdread-naughts of today. As wo approached the Minnesota the Monitor, which was behind her. steamed oat into the bay to take up our gage of battle. We watched her closely. She did not seem very formiable. and looked more like a choose box on a raft than a fighting , .ship. Little did wo lighthearted youths think Ihe fame of the bajLtte wo were about to fight would ring around the world ..and that all navies that enmo after us would be influenced because of it.The Monitor drew only twelve feet of water, while we drew twenty feet. She maneuvered much more easily ,than wP did. A few minutes after the •battle opened we went agro.nd, which gave the smaller ship the advantage.; She pounded us with her battery of 11-inch guns, but the damage she did wrjet negligible.; Finally wo got back into water. As we swung around. Gunner Simms put a seven-inch shot through tho top of the Monitors pilot house. As the Merrimac completed her circle, Gunner Woods sent a second shot into the pilot house. It was the most effective shot of the entire engagement, blinding Captain Worden of the Merrimac and almost putting the Monitor out of commission. The Monitor, disabled. withdrew* and bore away to Point Comfort. We were left in possession of ihe disputed waters and considered that we had the beat of the engagement. We then attacked the wooden ship Minnesota, and put her out of commission with a single shot through her boilers, exploding them. Then we went back to Cranny island for repairs.Commodore Buchanan’s wound was of such a character that he was sent to the hospital, and Captain Josh Tapneil was put in command. The Merrimac was repaired, and on April , steamed out and challenged the entire federal fleet in Hampton Roads. The challenge was not accepted, the repairs on the Monitor not having been completed. The commanders of ithe wooden ships knew that they could not expect to cope with the Mer-, rimae.j Shortly after That we were bottled up. and rather than let the Merrimac fall into the hands of the fed-|erals. blew up the ship that had served us so well, and the crew was ser to various places.; The first Monitor was a crude af-i fair. She was not seaworthy, and could only fight on smooth water. It was some time before a practical fighting vessel was evolved from the Ericson idea.It is not generally known that the Monitor was not owned by the United States at the time she made this fight, out was the property of the inventor and those who had financed him in the building of the little Ironclad. Delay followed delay and Ericson was not paid for the Monitor until several years after the war ended.I look hark a* my service in the navy a? the most attractive time of xiiy life, and would not be deprived of the memory of Chose glorious days for anything on this earth A thousand times since that memorableFarrel^LBNut MargarineIHE COCDANUT SPREMKfDRJREAD4-Oc a poundThere are others cheaper — hnt none as eood.Washing Won’t RidHead Of DandruffThe only sure way to get rid of dand-X lit V/IIIT v ?* —— —----ruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply itat night when retiring; use enough tom * !moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips.Do this tonight, and by morning most if not all of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications wilt completely dissolve and entirely destroy; every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have.You will find, too, that all itching and ! digging of the scalp will stop at once, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better.You can get liquid arvon at any drug •tore. It is inexpensive and never fail* to do the work.MESSAGE OF HOPET# Hm AfflictedThose who despair of ever tnm becoming well and strong willfiwi thatBulgarian Blood Teais the purest and most effective medicine for the human system. To sweeten the stomach, gen dv move the bowJa. flush the poison-clogged kidneys and enrich the weak, starved blood this rare herb medicinal tonic is a real gift horn nature. gold by all Drwri^*morning whon we steamed out to give ; battle to the Monitor I have lived over this wonderful history-making encounter.”Farm Bureau Notesi KAHOKA. Mo.. July 14.—The destruction of crops in the district visited by hail last week was by far the worst in the history of the county.!Unharvested crops were destroyed as completely as if a fire had swept over the area. Com that was not too large will no doubt come out of it, and make a partial crop, but the oats and wheat can only be utilized by pasturing with hogs or. some kind of stock.For catch crops, sorghum. Sudan grass, millet and buckwheat may be sown, but the results all depend on the season. If it is desired to store the feed for winter use. sorghum and millet would be best. Sudan grass would do for feeding out as a selling crop, but would be hard to cure lat-j in the season. Buckwheat would of course, be grown for seed as foi grinding into flour. If the summer remained oool it would probably do very well, but if hot and dry would not be profitable.A eood tty spray saves annoyance to the milker and helps to keep un
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Keokuk Daily Gate City and Constitution Democrat
Keokuk, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1920
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