Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1913 — Tobacco In Olden Times. [ARTICLE]

Tobacco In Olden Times.

Frequent essays are made by antiquarians to show that the use of tobacco was known to the Chinese, or the Hindostanee, or the Egyptian, etc., ages before the practice was observed by the Bailors of CQlumbus. Efforts In this direction have not been successful or impressive. a