circa 1915

[ashling]

[cyberswede]

1. love it!

"cut it out, you fool" LOL!

Actually, our state legislature is debating a smoking ban this very minute. It's pretty interesting.

[johnnie]

2. This is interesting

http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2007/12/yesterday/easter-eggs-and-tobacco/


"One of the first things to do when you analyze an old photo is study the writing that appears in it and research any proper names or unusual references you find. This picture immediately presents several possibilities, but the best is the name that appears in the lower-right corner—W. G. Voliva.

A search on Google tells you that Wilbur Glenn Voliva was the head of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, based in Zion, Illinois. Voliva succeeded John Dowie, who founded Zion in 1901 on Lake Michigan as a home for the church. Dowie instituted the “Zion City Lease,” which forbade gambling, theaters, and circuses, as well as the manufacture and sale of alcohol and tobacco. In addition, the lease banned pork, dancing, swearing, spitting, politicians, doctors, oysters, and tan-colored shoes. Whistling on Sunday was punishable by jail time.

Dowie especially opposed alcohol, having signed the temperance pledge at age six, and into the late 20th century, Zion City remained dry. Dowie and his successor, Voliva, also maintained that the world was flat, offering a prize of $5,000 to anyone who could convince them otherwise. Although both Dowie and Voliva were world travelers, the prize was never awarded."




The person who posted that sign thought the world was flat too..LOL. See, some things don't change.

Don't smoke..whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[yardwork]

3. smoker's cancer? Was the connection known in 1915?

I suspect that this is fake.