Automatic Age

Issue: 1927 July

T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
Hess
t
*
Will
sorted nearly 50 years ago
more >>°n^ nue another 50 years or
S°a.^e building the Watling C'om-
P°int with pride to the follow -
'^ a ch ievem en ts;
St)}--
ma^e the only coin operated
slot^ l e ss Guessing Scale with three
y s‘ "‘I f you guess the lucky slot
get weighed free.”
. ey make the only coin operated
c>n ln^ ess Scale with Vending Ma-
Chlnes attached.
fl* y
the first large head, round
? P°st, Springless coin operated
® on the market.
Spri ey ^uilt the first coin operated
ani^ e s s Scale, exposing the mech-
'pi
^uilt the first coin operated
e t ^ s s Scale with the graduations
ed 0,n the glass dial.
W
Were the first to attach Vend­
or
ac^ines to the column o f coin
Pirated scales.
were the first to demonstrate
ley Practicability o f vending W rig-
from Vending Machines at­
e to W atling Springless Scales.
Another Late Machine
The
value o f time-
~
M.V
. prodigious
-
s*vin
cate!l\ inventions is forcefully indi
a jl ^ the fact that the inventor o f
•tyork °ney-counting machine which
and K-n au^omatically on both coins
d°]i
*s has been offered six million
a Qp1,8 ^°'r
patent right. He is
laencf man y ° uth named Ludwig Eiss-
Sch0
years old and a high
0 scholar.— Newspaper Clipping.
the d fourth o f March, 1789, was
first p y SG^ ^0r tbe opening o f our
°f Q 0ngress, but the inauguration
r ^ 0Vernrnent was delayed until
q\!0
6‘ over a month— before a
c o * Was found and the votes
made Washington
N s S n t .^
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America's dentists are said to lead
the world. George III had a Yankee
dentist.. Dr. Thomas W . Evans, the
distinguished
Philadelphia dentist,
treated Emperor Napoleon III o f
France and sheltered the Empress
Eugenie atfer the monarchy’s fall.
The only thing in the four Gospels
to which Hindus invariably take ex ­
ception is the killing o f the fatted
calf. This is because they regard the
cow as sacred.
An old English couple dwell un-
distured in a completely furnished
rent-free house from which, twenty
years ago, the owner was scared by
the appearance o f a “ ghost.”
A decree giving Mexican women
equal civil rights with men has been
prepared by President Calles and will
be promulgated soon.
Though not
giving the right to vote, it will re­
vise the civil code which at present
gives women an inferior status to
men.
In Early Saxon marriages the fa ­
ther o f the bride delivered one o f her
shoes to the bridegroom, who touched
her head with it as a symbol o f his
authority. Today only the idea o f
luck is associated with the custom
o f throwing shoes at both bride and
groom.
Recent discoveries at Mount Sinai,
Arabia, have brought to light new
fragments o f the mysterious Sinai
inscriptions, which are stone carvings
believed to be at least 3,000 years
old.
A ccording to the United States
Treasury, the largest supply o f mone­
tary gold ever accumulated by any
country in the history o f the world,
a total o f $4,598,782,795, was held in
American vaults on April 1 o f this
year. This is about half o f all the
gold in the world.
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T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
The Automatic Age
T H E N A T IO N A L M A G A ZIN E OF T H E V E N D IN G M ACH IN E
IN D U S T R Y
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
PU BLISH ED MONTHLY BY
THE
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C.
L IG H T N E R .
L IG H T N E R
P U B L IS H IN G
P r e ii d e n t
C O R P O R A T IO N
GROSVENOR
B.
W H IT E ,
M a n a g in g
E ditor
Official Organ: Chicago Vending Machine Operators' Association
Official Organ: Milwaukee Vending Machine Operators’ Association
Official Organ: National Vending Machine Manufacturers’ Association
Official Organ: National Vending Machine Operators’ Association.
Official Organ: Detroit Vending Machine Operators’ Association.
Oflficial Organ: New York Arcade Owners’ Association.
Executive Office, 2239 S. Michigan, Chicago, 111.
Phone V ictory 1466
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CONTRIBUTIONS:
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AD VE RTISIN G : Rate* furnished upon request.
cost or obligation.
Copy suggestions for Advertising prepared without
SUBSCRIPTIONS: Single copies 10 cents, back copies. 15 cents.
United States and possessions Foreign subscriptions $1.50.
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Nearly subscription* *1.00 ln
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H O W M A N Y OPERATORS ARE THERE
IN AM ERICA?
W e have never heard this question intelligently ans"rer j
There seems to be quite a difference of opinion. We have
,
manufacturers claim they have a list of over 500 who have bovP j
gum machines, many of which were no doubt merchants.
wise we have been told that the list of customers of the Jenfl111 1
and Mills companies number over 5000. We keep thinking c°]\
stantly that we will soon reach the saturation point on the
matic Age, yet subscriptions continue to come in. W e apPej\
herewith, for the information of the trade, an affidavit from
employees of our printing department showing the circuit1
reached up to this time numbering 4000. On special issues,
the convention number, we printed and distributed as high
5000. W e will never have 100 per cent on our list— we ca1111
sell everybody, but it is our ambition to have 90 per cent of *
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