Small does of advertising result in nothing, obviously. It's like giving a sick person half the medicine he needs. It just causes more suffering. Give the whole dose, and the cure will be certain and decisive.
— P.T. Barnum Contemporary

Showman, circus, hoaxes

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Advice on advertising, from 'The Art of Money Getting'.

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c. 1880

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Strange & Unusual

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