Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1900 — DIES FROM EATING COPFEE. [ARTICLE]

DIES FROM EATING COPFEE.

Woman of Marion Falls Victim of Innocent Habit. Mrs. Anthony Daggett died at Marion from eating roasted coffee. She commenced two years ago to eat a few grains every time she went to the kitchen cabinet, in which the coffee was kept. The habit grew on her until she was eating a cupful of the beans every day. She stated before she died that she knew the coffee was killing her, but her appetite was so ravenous that she could not resist it. She died in great agony.