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TOBACCO

It is loose and dry and black, and looks like tea-grounds. When the fire is applied it expands, and climbs up and towers above the pipe, and presently tumbles off inside of one's vest. The tobacco itself is cheap, but it raises the insurance.
- "Concerning Tobacco"
Player's Navy Cut ad
Ad from Punch, August 18, 1909


Illustration based on Prince Albert
pipe tobacco ad
from the Dave Thomson collection

How well I remember my grandmother's asking me not to use tobacco, good old soul! She said, "You're at it again, are you, you whelp? Now, don't ever let me catch you chewing tobacco before breakfast again, or I lay I'll blacksnake you within an inch of your life!" I have never touched it at that hour of the morning from that time to the present day.
- "History Repeats Itself"


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