May Teach Monkeys to Talk

The monkey is not only more intelligent than the parrot, but is even more imitative. It is (except man) the only creature on earth that is capable of articulate speech. Prof. Bell believes that apes can be taught, at all events, to say a few words -- at first by manipulation of their mouths and throats, as is done with the deaf born. We may life, he thinks, to hear chimpanzees talk, and with some degree of understanding of their own remarks.

--Thousandsticks, Middlesboro, Kentucky, March 30, 1911, page 6.