American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-05


"A Terrific CoAee slack
Memphis APPe:'l-f
Dr. 6sseCO - West, prominent
ply sician Of Eexas, has recently
published lettkot in which he de-
moust rates that the yellow fever
germs Can be tfansmittet through
grains OF impOrtet Coffee When it
is remembered that the greater por
ton OF the coffee consumed in the
United States Is transported from
Brazil. where the lever annually
prevails, this statement oy Dr.
West will show the Importance OF a
rigid qnarabt'De. Drr West pnO
fishes his letter ~ the Berne (fe1as)
Register, and be 10 represented as
p"ys'sa"n u high standing and un-
questi0maoso Veracl'y~ He says.
IL 1867 sne town ot Liberty nad
declared and was enforcing 9uaran-
tine against Galveston, where yell
low fever was prevailing, ana II Do
ing a small town, anu everybody on
tue alert, stranger cOuid not nave
come nor goods Fave been imported
without it being known. the
steamboat Kuthven came from Val
veston' ana when within a mile OF
Two OF Town was orueleu 10 seop'
aou tne cap.a'n rs, ssaIeu I"a s =. ne
was Hho"ou 70 ,anu U" sno oa"A VI
the river sack OF conre tnat ne
had on ooara tor Mr.. ticker ne
woula 1 tS, ne us stealner oo"n tae
'ise,' A' Pc usSS'o" was
co. t"o sacA ~ Coneo Was P'"Scu w
the oan d. anu sne 0oat lmmedistesy
left. The coffee was hauled 70
Liberty anu ope"ea oy Mr.. hacx0
at hfs store, ano III rev u"ys nc
was ts.en SICK with yehow 1eveI
and died his VIE and Servants
we're the next cases. and tnen IL
spread all over the Town. In tnis
instance the1yelIow FEVER lniecttoh
was clearly fraceaDle through inc
sack OF conee.
Inc ae secoad INSTANCE 10 as l0'.1 '
IN AoIo, 10 Pass.ng tnIousH Ha.:oI
Ton on my way 10 corpus Oul's'l
met non. =. b. f'cketI, woo gave
me q iist OF names o! iam'''ts wuo
nad moved from Lioer.y county
sOme years oe.o1c anu uau C rosou
On tDe Nueeesl h'Ver, near CorPuo
Christi. On reaching corpus
Christi, ! visited the sett:ements
mentsooed, anu learned .nat nes!'y
AZ the tamiIes "eI1 deaa-nau o.eu
~ yeisow tevef' Ine etory, as TO
!sse~ 70 me oy several Part'es ,'v'"g
IN the immediate e'gnoorh'o": s"u
oy lev members OF the stticke en-
tamfiies VINO nad survivor .ne
eco9r8o, - .1',o~ Dulns ene
ep.e'a'c OF 30. tconeo k"'o.sv
10 the neienOOrnoOl, anu ma" WY
had had the yellow iever was select
Ell 10 60 20 corpus Chr'sti' n!teen
ml'es GUSTAV, 20 ooy sack VI c"
J Ne, sn" ul''S W = c W' 'miu "... :.
100 III Tue Nueceo a'ey, ue !.
p H Nee
| s"eo ~ u'''uo Iue Iv''oc ~ 80.
TUG ssoAs, pet "o.,u ~"
soIs ttee-toP anu ,'"oS. AZ I"1u's
'ul I s. a'te1 Tue co"e1 '','t =. 'e .s"
thus uIFiGe" anu susl'enueu ~ .ls'
ttee-toP' Ine seve.aI paI.'es 'nOeIes'
| 60 went cnere anu got tne,r Ioepoc>
i've pO!tions OF conee, anu 10 every
IaEHy lnto wnose MOUSE tnls cony ,
vas .ntroGuceu IN = lev .oays yer
.c~ r'er vroHo U@t anu L"keu VIII
los'!u' ,"'a'ity. .el. = uoep 'n'o.'
e . ~ 'no u,s'.e, a:u vas Wy Pc.
:ous. ~ NY ,n4u.., su :.. suo .os
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p'U. oI e oa : . uo.oo ' ."aS vs. No..
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too samo ''ln, a"u NO oSne: Ho"-
munlcaIion VIII corpus OnrlS'i Ut
0tnef place az ln,eGtmn was nad:
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conoo ":o ."epo' you :" ~ason
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