National Magazine of the Vending Machine Industry
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Published Monthly by
THE LIG H TN ER PU BLISH IN G CORP.
0 . C. LIGH TN ER, President
C. E. V E T T E R IC K , Managing Editor
S t a f f C on trib u tors
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L. E. Wolcher
M. T. Daniels
J. D. Roberts
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Features in This Issue
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O P E R A T IN G IN M IC H IG A N ’S SCENIC UP P ER P E N I N S U L A _________ 17
By Wm. F. Labre
K E N T U C K Y D E C ISIO N SETS F U R T H E R P R E C E D E N T ________________
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T H E P E N N Y A R C A D E CAN D R A W T H E B E T T E R E L E M E N T ______
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By Meyer Wolf
V IS IT CHICAGO W O R L D ’S F A IR _________________________________________
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A N A L Y Z IN G COIN M A C H IN E PR O FITS IN TE R M S OF LO C A T IO N S
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By Carroll E. Vetterick, Editor
TH E P E N N Y SCALE O P E R A TO R A N D H IS P R O B L E M S ______________
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By Ralph H. Johansen
T H E O P E R A T O R S’ Q U E ST IO N B O X ______________________________________
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By John Goodbody
T H E W A Y TO A D V A N C E ___________________________________________________
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By Louis E. Wolcher
N E W S A N D V IE W S FROM T H E N O R T H W E S T __________________________
67
By John D. Roberts
B R E E ZE S FROM TH E J A Y H A W K E R S T A T E ____________________________
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By M. T. Daniels
P A T E N T D E P A R T M E N T ____________________________________________________
W H A T T H E A U T O M A T S IN N E W Y O R K C IT Y ARE S E L L I N G ______
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A R O U N D T H E T O W N ________________________________________________________
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By T. A. Wemtz
By “Eavesdropper"
M A N Y TH IN G S JUST H A P P E N — N O T SO IN B U S I N E S S ___ __________ 102
By J. K. Morley
TIP TOP TO P ICS FROM T H E M ID D LE W E S T _________________________ 115
By Wm. Cohen
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