Gambling, Stealing, Killing and Other Pernicious Effects of Baseball Card Collecting

[brass_rat]

These are great, thank you!

Do you have a list of sources? I'm interested in where these came from... Awesome stuff.

Cheers,
Steve

[smokelessjoe]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

These are great, thank you!

Do you have a list of sources? I'm interested in where these came from... Awesome stuff.

Cheers,
Steve

I wanted to apologize for not responding sooner... I am out of town in Minnesota for the Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association convention - so not much access to my computer. I wanted to say thank you for the kind remarks and I will post the list of sources hopefully later today.

I have more I will post and please feel free to add more articles if anyone has anything they would like to add.

[h2oya311]

excellent post! Thanks for sharing. I concur with Leon. I was thinking these were the types of things happening today to attain these coveted cards we so enjoy! I had no idea that this sort of corrupt and dubious behavior occurred over a century ago for these very same cardboard treasures!

[smokelessjoe]

Here is the list of papers / dates. I have listed them in the order as they are posted.

Springville_Journal_Thu__Jul_14__1910
The_Central_New_Jersey_Home_News_Wed__Apr_13__1910
Hartford_Courant_Tue__May_24__1910
The_Greenville_News_Sun__Jun_12__1910
The_Washington_Post_Mon__Jan_3__1910
Altoona_Tribune_Mon__Feb_20__1911
Asheville_Gazette_News_Sat__Jun_24__1911
St__Louis_Post_Dispatch_Sun__Jun_18__1911
The_Daily_Times_Tue__Aug_23__1910
DC april 10th clipping_Piedmont cards
The_Washington_Post_Fri__Feb_18__1910
The_Washington_Post_Wed__Jun_1__1910
The_Washington_Post_Tue__May_16__1911
Evening_Report_Fri__Aug_12__1910
The_Greenville_News_Tue__Mar_15__1910
The_San_Francisco_Call_Fri__Oct_6__1911
St__Louis_Post_Dispatch_Wed__Sep_7__1910
News_Journal_Fri__May_6__1910
The_Evening_Chronicle_Thu__Mar_24__1910

[smokelessjoe]

Article titled Lots of 'Em!

[richardcards]

Must have been hard for kids to get these cards unless some family or friend member purchased the packs to smoke or had tons of money to buy a single card.
People that smoked where no even interested in the cards but the kids wanted them.

[smokelessjoe]

Thought I would add a few more, Enjoy!

A Craze Among Small Boys!

The times and democrat., August 19, 1909

[smokelessjoe]

Tensas gazette., October 11, 1912,

[smokelessjoe]

The gold leaf. [volume], September 02, 1909

[smokelessjoe]

A Mad Dad!

The St. Lucie County tribune., October 15, 1909