Editorial cartoon, "Uncle Sam's Christmas Smokers." The cartoon depicts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam" class="extiw" title="w:Uncle Sam">Uncle Sam</a> having received several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cigar" class="extiw" title="w:cigar">cigars</a> as Christmas presents; however, they are actually <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/exploding_cigar" class="extiw" title="w:exploding cigar"><i>exploding</i> cigars</a> -- that is, various scandals in the United States. From <i>Tacoma Times</i>, Vol. 1, No. 5, Friday, December 25, 1903, page 1.
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