Life, 1903-02-26 · page 11 of 24
Life — February 26, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 177 This page consists primarily of **testimonial advertisements** for "Notoriety Tablets," a patent medicine product. The main cartoon depicts Father Knickerbocker (personification of New York City) asking a figure on a statue to move, satirizing how the product's popularity has created public congestion. The testimonials are from named individuals praising the tablets for curing various ailments—a common advertising format of the era. The "Sense and Incense" section at bottom appears to be a humor column with brief comic exchanges about social behavior (smoking cigarettes). This is primarily **advertising content disguised as editorial matter**, reflecting early 20th-century magazine practices where paid endorsements blended seamlessly with regular content—now recognized as deceptive marketing.
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LIFE My Dear Sirs :—I have used your Notoriety Tablets for years, usu: ing one after every public dinner, and can vouch for them and all they claim, When- ever I feel any tendency to lapse into silence, your Tablets always restore me to my normal condition, Ly their use I have kept myself before the public for years on scarcely any foundation at all. Gratefully yours, Chauncey Depew. Gentlemes Three years ago I had give: e of ever attracting attention. I heard of your Tablets and j ely began their use. Now Tam known wherever there is a barroom. Yours for health, Carrie Nation, Dear Sirs:—Please send ine at once a barrel of your Notoriety Tablets. For some time now I have discontinued their use, but I find that I cannot get along without them. Don't delay, as Iam rapidly being forgotten. «J. Bryan, Father Knickerbocker to George Washington: 1'Lt Mave TO Ask You TO MOVE OUT OF THE WaY, PLEASE. Announcement UR Notoriety Tablets have not been previously put upon the market, as the private demand for them has been more than equal to the supply. Our facilities, however, ing been quadrupled, we are offering thet to a few patrons out- side of our regular customers. The following testimonials speak for themselves : Norontety Taper Co., Unlimited, Europe and the United States. ale at All Publishers and Lecture Bureaus. Gentlemen :—T began your Notoriety Tablets several years ago, and the effect was immediate. I sprang into public notice at once and have since then never had a relapse. I can recommend . Sense and Incense. your Tablets to all. Hall Caine. “Que smokes!" IT heard the gossips What happened next I can’t forget: Dear S Please publish this letter. Every little helps. Y. say; It chanced as we were parting will see by this that your Notoriety Tablets have benefited Of course they love to blab It, lit a Turkish cigarette, Discoursing in their pleasant way And, just as I was starting. Before taking them I was modest and unassum iscoarsiog lo thet pies Pestnesurce tio. Bei les skool = sl hs Upon the victous habit : yrtilla gently drew me bac Id not look a book reviewer in the face. Now Teven take th I wondered were It truth or lle, ‘As tf 1 were a brother, Devil to Task when I can get myself noticed. I consider, by the Otenvy born or malice, Confessing, as she kissed me, “Jack, constant use of your Tablets, that Iam permanently cured of any And though I listened to it, I 1 wish you had another 1”? tendency to obscure myself. Marie Corelli, Took it ew grano salts. Felix Carmen, comicbooks.com