13 Facts About the 13 Colonies-- Part 1

From the September 27, 2021 History.com.

I'm just listing them.  Go to the site to find out the background.

1.  Connecticut enacted the first constitution in America.  Late 1630s.

2.  Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics.

3.  Massachusetts  was the birthplace of American iron industry.

4.  Pennsylvania was created to pay a debt.

5.  New Jersey had the alternate name of New Caesarea.  (The Roman name for the island of Jersey in England.)

6.  Virginia's most lucrative crop was tobacco, even though it was opposed by  the king  and the Virginia Company.

--CootCol

"Pole of Smokes" for Camp Grant: Smoking in World War I

From the October 11, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Just watch the pole of smokes for Camp Granters, now on display in Anderson Brothers' window, increase.  It was announced this morning at the store that if occasion demanded the entire west window would be devoted to the display of tobacco for the soldiers of the selected army, and those sponsoring the movement only hope that such will be necessary.

" DeKalb smokers know what it is to be away from the humidor and find that the pouch is empty and willing to give almost anything for a smoke -- that is just the way the fellows at Camp Grant are feeling, that is a large majority of them."

This sounds like getting tobacco for pipe smoking.

Smokes for Camp Grant.  --Cooter

A Brief History of Cigarette Advertising-- Part 2

I always like it when Time does this one page, packed with information, column.  It is as good as the Tribune's Ten Things You Didn't Know.

In 1971, cigarette packs were required to have warning labels and companies were no longer allowed to advertise on radio or television.  This didn't stop the tobacco companies who continued ads in publications, billboards, sponsorships and merchandise promotions like Camel Cash.

SOME KEY DATES

1909  The American Tobacco Company includes small baseball cards in packs of cigarettes.  Pittsburgh Pirate Honus Wagner's card will become the most valuable ever, one fetching $2.8 million in a 2007 auction..  I have heard that he was against cigarette smoking and had had his card pulled right away, so that made it quite rare.

1965  Congress requires cigarette packs to carry health warning labels.  The surgeon general's warning is added in 1970.

1991  A study shows that nearly as many 6-year-olds know Joe Camel as Mickey Mouse.  The cartoon pitchman is retired in 1997.

1992  Wayne McLaren, the actor who portrayed the rugged Marlboro Man in commercials, died of lung cancer at age 61.  He did not look so rugged and healthy then.

What Does Lucky Strike Mean?  --Cooter

A Brief History of Cigarette Advertising-- Part 1

From the June 15, 2009, Time Magazine by Scott Olstad and Randy James.

The article had a great "Call for Philip Morris" commercial at the top.  If you Yahoo search the headline, you can go to the New York Public Library with 10 more cigarette ads where your doctor and even your baby wanted you to smoke.

Almost as soon as there was a U.S., there has been tobacco advertising.  But new regulations on the tobacco industry may put a big crimp in the $13 billion a year business.

The first print ad for tobacco is believed to be from 1789 when what is now Lorillard Tobacco Co. advertised its snuff in a New York paper.  In the late 19th-century cigarette packs began including trading cards featuring celebrities and athletes.

Soldiers in both world wars received either free or subsidized cigarettes.  In the 40s and 50s there were catchy slogans like "Winston Tastes Good (go ahead and finish it)" and they backed popular TV shows.  NBC's Nightly News grew out of the Camel News Caravan.

The golden age of cigarette advertising started dimming in the 60s when the health risks became more clear.

More to Come.  --Cooter