Evans, Laura - Cigarette Fiend

EVANS

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Date: 7/19/2019 at 07:26:52

Dubuque Daily Telegraph – Jan. 5, 1901

CIGARETTE FIEND

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EFFECTS OF THE POISON

STUFF DRIVES A YOUNG

WOMAN INSANE

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Leon, Ia. Jan. 5, - Laura Evans, a young woman of 18 years of age took carbolic acid at her home here. She was discovered in an unconscious condition. A physician was summoned who finally succeeded in in restoring her to life. It is said the young woman’s mind became unbalanced as a result of smoking cigarettes. She was formerly an inmate of the girl’s reform school in Mitchellville.