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Originally Posted by T206DK
I bet they had ads that appealed to all types of tobacco users. Undoubtedly, there were areas in the country were chewing was more popular than smoking, and areas where pipes were used more frequently.
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I have not found any advertisements for Ty Cobb tobacco in any newspapers outside of Georgia.
The Macon Telegraph ran several small ad lines like the one's pictured below from Feb 8th - Mar 8th 1910
The Augusta Chronicle ran the below ad every Sunday for four consecutive weeks from Feb 20 - Mar 13. It's the only paper I have found this ad to appear in.
Several newspapers outside the state of Georgia picked up on the story of Cobb having a tobacco named after him and all said the following:
The ads do mention pipe several times and the Augusta Chronicle ad calls it "Granulated Cut Plug Smoking Tobacco."
This article was in the May 10, 1910 Ann Arbor News and tells you why Cobb was King of the Smoking Tobacco World.
