Death in the Pot

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 20, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 38.

"Death in the Pot."—According to the Ferndale (Cal.) Enterprise, the statements of which have been verified, recently, near Coquille, Oregon, a reception dinner was given to a lady from California, at which chickens were served that had been parboiled in a tin wash-boiler the day previous. After the dinner was eaten the company were taken sick, and six of the guests died. The California lady was unconscious for ten hours, but finally recovered. Was the trouble with the boiler, or the chicken? It is certainly evident that sickness from partaking of flesh foods is increasing.