Tobacco Field readies for Saturday opening

(northfieldnews.com) Rob Waz said he and his wife Amy did a lot of research before choosing Northfield [MN] as the site for their latest business venture. Tobacco Field, which Waz said would offer “anything and everything tobacco related,” is scheduled to open Dec. 18 in the building previously occupied by Carquest on Hwy. 3. ... While Waz said his walk-in humidor — a room with constant humidity and an ideal temperature used to store cigars, cigarettes or pipe tobacco — wouldn’t be open, he said, when the store opens on Saturday, the shelves will be stocked with an array of tobacco products. Continued

Photo: El Pequeño Gigante cigarros (The Little Giant Cigars). Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas, circa 1860 (Library of Congress).