HeraldNet

Terra cotta jars in 1800s and 1900s held loose pipe tobacco

If you have a jar with the initials JM, they made by Johann Maresch (1821-1914) and sell for $300 to $500. Many figural tobacco jars were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s, marked with just the ...
JSTOR Daily

Health consequences of pipe versus cigarette smoking

Objectives To estimate the risk of dying from all causes and from specified smoking-related diseases in men who were exclusive daily pipe smokers at two consecutive examinations, and in men who ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Kovels Antiques: Figural tobacco jars were popular in the late 1800s to early 1900s

Many figural tobacco jars were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s, marked with just the letters “JM” or the letters and the printed word “Bohemia” or “Czechoslovakia.” The jars held loose pipe ...
The New York Times

ILL WIND BLOWS KELLY GOOD.; It Damaged His Farm, but Turned Him Into a Manufacturer. MEN WITH JOBS TO AID 'OUTS.' Cigarmakers Lay Loss of Work to Pipe-Smoking Members.

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