Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — ENDS 16-YEAR-OLD CIGAR [ARTICLE]

ENDS 16-YEAR-OLD CIGAR

Man Finishes Bmoke Begun When Bryan Was First Beaten for President. Clifton Heights, Pa. —E. V. McKee the other evening finished smoking a cigar which he lighted in 1869, when Bryan was defeated by McKinley for president. McKee is an ardent admirer of the commoner, and when Bryan was defeated he lighted a cigar which he threw to the floor. Thomas Gaffney picked up the cigar, put it in an envelope and kept it for McKee, telling Mm he could smoke it when a Democratic president was elected.