Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1920 — SMOKES 100 CIGARS IN 2 DAY, WINS 1,000 FRANCS [ARTICLE]

SMOKES 100 CIGARS IN 2 DAY, WINS 1,000 FRANCS

For a wager of 1,000 francs a French cabman, Chataignon, reIcently undertook to smoke a hundred strong cigars in two days, says I London Answers. In the first 24 | hours he had disposed of sixty-two; and, after a two hours’ rest, con | tinued his task with such vigor I that by noon on the following day the stump of his last cigar was burning on his lips. I ■ — I ■ — /