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Judge — May 6, 1905 — page 1: what you’re looking at
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This anti-smoking propaganda cartoon depicts a skull labeled "CIGARETTE TRUST" pouring cigarettes into an open grave filled with dead bodies and cigarette packages. The accompanying text box reproduces Nebraska's anti-cigarette law, which criminalized manufacture and sale of cigarettes within the state, imposing fines up to $100 and potential jail time. The satire mocks cigarettes as lethal products—literally deadly poison. The "trust" reference suggests corporate monopolies controlling tobacco. The caption calls on other states to adopt similar legislation, making this both political advocacy and social commentary on the emerging public health awareness about tobacco dangers in the early 1900s.
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VOL. 48 NO.1229 MAY 6 1905 . PRICE 10 CENTS Lnrenee A ret Pees Oemee at Mew Toes as Secon Coase MatTOR Copment Consens Tue Reaareane os 4 Taaee Maen NEBRASKA'S ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW. An act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and what is known as ciga- rette-paper, and to provide a penalty for its violation. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska : Secvion t. That it shall be unt and after the date this act shall yo i tw manufacture, sell, or give away any rettes, of the material for their comprsi known as cigarette-paper, within the State of Nebra eTION 2. That any person, firm, asso- or corporation in this state violating rovisions of this act he ur they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon con. Viction thereof be fined for each and every such sum nut less than $50.00 nor more $100.00, at the discretion of the Court, together with custs of prasecution. SECTION 3. Any officer, director, or mane ager having in charge or contrul, either sepae rately or jointly with others, the business of any corporation, which corporation violates the provisions of this act, if he have knowledge of the same, shall be guilty and subject to the penalty herein provided, Soon Sst CobrmLGn! «504 wy JUGGE COMPANY PUBLISHERS 226 F0URIM AE NEw ORF THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. Wisconsin, Nebraska and Indiana all make it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes or to have them in one’s possession. every other state do likewise. comicbooks.com