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T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
CLOSING OUT A L L U SE D
machines. 5 Shoot’em Duck
and Rabbit, a t $20.00 each; 3
A. B. T. Pool Tables w ith
Stands, $27.50 each; 4 Coon
Targets, $7.00 each. All M a
chines in A-l condition. M. K.
Novelty Co., 611 So. A kard St.,
Dallas, Texas.___________________
new. Jackpot attachm ents with
check separators, turn th at old
vender into a late model Ja c k
FOR SA LE—F IV E E A C H B L U E pot. W e also carry a full line
Bird single and double column of Sales Boards and Novelties.
Cigarette machines and Five W rite us for particulars. Am er
Blue Bird Five Cent Bar Candy ican Novelty Co., 872 W . B a lti
machines. Scott Novelty Co., 521 more St., Baltimore Md.
Broadway, Plainview, Texas.
O P ER A T O RS — START THIS
season rig ht by seeing our
line of machines. W e sell on
terms. Our machines pay for
themselves. W rite for free cir
SITU ATION W A N T E D —R A P ID
M A C H IN E S BOUGHT, SOLD
finish
photographer.
Have
or exchanged. Jackpots in camera suitable for small loca
stalled, machines repaired, re tion. Address Box 900, care
built and refinished, look like Autom atic Age.
culars. Meyer W olf, 1212 S. 6th
St., Philadelphia, Pa.___________
We have heard that a Chicago concern
plans a chain of motor bus stations to span
the country from coast to coast. Each sta
tion will be modern, and a modern cafe,
comfort stations, etc., will be part of the
arrangement.
Inventions and new ideas seem to have
a way of coming to those who are financial
ly unable to promote their developments
successfully. We know of a bottled drink
dispenser and an ice cream vender avail
able for some manufacturer or sales or
ganization waiting to promote such devices
on a national scale.
T a v e rn e tte G r o w s
Coca-Cola is getting some desirable busi
ness in Chicago through the medium of the
Tavernette, a coin dispensing machine.
These machines have been placed at many
of the miniature golf courses operating in
the Windy City, at the race tracks and
at other points where the public is prone
to congregate in large numbers.
The Tavernette Corporation, manufac
turer of the machine, is confining its con
tacts to dealers at present, but may deal
with manufacturers later. Its vending ma
chine is equipped with an automatic refrig
erating unit, which keeps the bottle and its
"ontents properly cooled until they are
wanted.
The company planned to install Taver-
nettes in factories in Chicago to vend
milk, but determined opposition from the
milk drivers’ union caused it to change its
mind for the present.
The Snax Corporation, of Detroit, is in
stalling ten-cent vending machines in apart
ment houses and elsewhere. A number of
manufacturers are now putting up special
ten-cent packages for use in this and other
machines.
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OUR BIGGEST T H IR T E E N CITIES
Here they are as first tabulated in the
new count subject to the final revision
of census figures:
1920
City
1930
1920 Rating
New York . .. . . .
Chicago ......... . . ,
Philadelphia . . . .
Detroit . . . . . . .
Los Angeles . . . .
Cleveland --
St. L o u is .......
Baltimore .. . ...
Boston ...........
Pittsburgh . . . . . .
San Francisco ..
Buffalo ........... . . .
Milwaukee . .. . . .
6,959,195
3,373,753
1,963,000
1,231,730
789,921
664,795
625,974
572,913
568,962
5,620,048
2,701,705
1,823,779
993,678
576,673
796,841
772,897
733,826
748,060
588,343
506,676
506,775
457,147
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Notice the remarkable change in posi
tion made by Los Angeles in the last
10 years—from tenth to fifth place.
— Capper's Monthly.
D r u g S to r e T r e n d s
The modern drug store is so arranged
that its customers circulate.
In other
words, the “demand” and low-margin mer
chandise, the wrapping-counter and cash
register are placed in the back part of the
store. People don’t mind walking in the
back part of the store to get the things
they really need, and while they are walk
ing back they notice things they want but
hat not thought of before-
Bystander:
about?”
Pedestrian:
Bystander:
Pedestrian:
crossing.”
LUCKY MISS
“W hat’s that fellow cheering
“He just missed that train.”
‘Then why so happy?”
“He was racing it to the
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