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The Health Reform Institute is located on high ground, nearly opposite Battle Creek college, and is conducted on the hygienic principles, which underlie all the organizations of the church, to-wit: total abstinence from the use of tobacco, ardent spirits, pork, coffee, tea, and all highly seasoned food. "The health reform ends not with diet alone, but extends to all the habits of life; and as the health of the body is affected to a great extent by the manner in which it is clothed, that subject occupies a prominent place in this system. Shorter skirts and warmer clothing for females, advocated and practiced. 5575 copies of the Health Reformer are published monthly. Publications in advocacy of the peculiar tenets of this denomination have been sent to Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. Missions are now in successful operation among the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes and French, in this country. 3800 papers are published monthly in the Danish and Swedish languages. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, the weekly organ of this wide-awake denomination, issues 7603 copies. The whole number of weekly and monthly papers is 22,615. Four buildings are devoted to this business; sixty-six hands are regularly employed in the work, and the capital invested is over $100,000. Books as well as periodicals are being constantly published.
Battle Creek village, lying in the towns of Battle Creek and Emmett, was incorporated in 1850. William Brooks was the first president. Its career under a village charter was prosperous, and several of her best citizens held. important positions under it; but, the ambitious village had higher aspirations.
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