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Danger to snuff dippers

[MARSHALL] TEXAS REPUBLICAN, January 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 7

Warning to Snuff Dippers.—Miss Gilson, a beautiful young lady, died from the effects of snuff dipping, in Arkansas. She fell asleep with the "mob" in her mouth, and was found a corpse some hours after. A post mortem revealed the fact that she had swallowed the juice, which was converted into vicotine, a deadly poison; her lips, cheeks and breast were smeared with the foul snuff in her dying struggles, alone in her room. Before she retired she felt a deadly sickness, having swallowed some of the juice, but she had used it so long that nothing was thought of her complaint until, alas! it was too late.—Arkansas Paper.

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