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...night and then I let them out in the jailyard to get air. The boys can fish in the river if they feel like it, or sometimes they play pinochle or baseball. . . . Once the boys sat up on the front porch of the jail, but they threw too many cigaret stumps* about, so my wife made them stay in the yard. Then they went up on the porch of a neigh bor to sit, but I soon stopped that and told them they must stay around the jailyard. None of them has ever made an attempt to escape." Federal officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Events | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

...Marylandese for cigaret "stubs," "butts," "ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Events | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

...understand well last week's chief news of cigarets & cigaret counters it is necessary to recall these facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cigarets | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...Cigarets are the most profitable item of the U. S. tobacco industry. For example, P. Lorillard & Co. at one time gave more attention to the promoting of chewing tobacco ("Beechnut") than to the exploiting of their cigaret brands "Murads," "Helmars," "Deities" and "Moguls." Last year they began making and advertising "Old Gold" cigarets; last week in large display advertisements they issued "A Word of Appreciation. . . . This message of thanks is offered by Lorillard as an expression of deep appreciation to the Cigaret Smokers, Dealers and Jobbers of this community for the friendly co-operation all three have given in helping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cigarets | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

Recalling these facts, the significance of Charles A. Whelan's statement last week becomes apparent. He announced that the Union Tobacco Co. will buy from the American Tobacco Co. a number of its higher grade and costlier cigaret brands. Later Union Tobacco will buy the right to manufacture other expensive brands from other manufacturers. Of such costly cigarets about 34,000,000 are sold each day, the customers being not particular about their brands. Union Tobacco will try to concentrate this "floating" consumption on a few brands which it will "puff" with $10,000,000 of advertising to be spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cigarets | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

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