Good question. The short answer is that these cards were originally intended to be inserted into (probably 10-count) Sweet Caporal cigarette packs and distributed from Factory 30 in New York, but the American Tobacco Company (ATC) decided instead to package and distribute them (probably based on supply and demand considerations) from Factory 42 in North Carolina. So ATC instructed the American Lithographic Company (ALC) to strike-out the Factory 30 N.Y. designation and replace it with a Factory 42, N.C. designation.
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