London 's Bicentennial (Snippet 36)

 Cigars and London - 1912

Source:
  That short article is found in The Macon Daily Telegraph on Nov. 24, 1912 (GA).
Much more recently the following image is from CBC News: "Why London, Ont., Was Once Canada's Second City of Cigar Making," Mar. 24, 2024.

   "Canada was once home to a booming cigar industry – and southwestern Ontario was known as this country's 'tobacco belt.'

In the late 19th century, London had dozens of cigar factories whose buildings still stand in the city's downtown and whose owners' names still adorn public places."
(There is more and the answer to the question in the title is provided by Professor Tom Peace, Huron University College.)