Posted in From the Stacks, History, Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, Postcards, Tar Heelia on June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today marks the 154th anniversary of the date on which Elisha Mitchell is believed to have died. Mitchell, a professor at UNC, fell about 40 feet to his death after apparently slipping on a precipice by a waterfall that now bears his name. The UNC professor was in Yancey County to measure the altitude of [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged allan m brandt, cigarette century, cigars, james b. duke on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“[James B.] Duke’s only failure came when he attempted to integrate the cigar industry into his increasingly extensive fold. Cigars, he found, fit poorly with his system of mechanization, standardization and national marketing…. Production of cigars would remain labor intensive, skilled work; they continued to be distributed in small quantities to specialized dealers…. “The cigar [...]
