August, 1938
AUTOMATIC AGE
On the Sidewalks of New York
Don’t Overlook the
_____ Value of Pennies_____
A
fe w
w ere
y e a rs
m o re
sance.
M an
penny
le s s
D e p r e s s io n s t a r t e d
h arder,
n ic k e ls
m any
w ho
had
le s s
been
th e
little
to
q u a rte rs ,
becam e
r e d ic u lin g
a
m a c h in e s
c o n s id e r e d
a
n u i
H o w e v e r , lit t le b y lit t le a s O ld
little
it
ago
or
97
respect
and
p le n tif u l
and
in
penny
squeeze a
d im e s
th e
h a b it
s ta rte d
and
to
w oke
of
g iv e
up
to
t h e r e a l i z a t i o n t h a t f iv e p e n n i e s m a d e
a
n ic k e l,
c h in e s
fifty
and
w e re
c e n ts
th a t
w h ile
ta k in g
a
in
w eek
n ic k e l
te n
th a t
m a
n ic k e ls
m any
or
penny
m a c h i n e s w e r e t a k i n g i n f iv e h u n d r e d
to a t h o u s a n d p e n n ie s a w e e k a n d in
som e
to p - n o tc h
lo c a tio n s
it
w as
not
u n u s u a l f o r a p e n n y m a c h in e to ta k e
in
as m u c h
de g re e s
show
me
th a t
in to
as
$25 p e r w e e k .
m any
of
boys”
penny
be
m ade
penny.
w a itin g
fo r
to
a lo n g
you
ta k e
th e
le a p .
th e y
say
“he
T here
n°t
one
th e
be
a
Do
w o rth
°r
in
h e s ita te s
th re e
of
y e a rs
to
c h in e s
fo r
is
to
fo r
lo s t .”
o f p e n n ie s
th o u g h
to u g h e r,
lo o k
in
p e o p le
w ill
o r q u a rte rs .
m a c h in e s
in
p a s t tw o
th e
have
fo r
e d u c a te d
good
Here's an ideal location for what Dave Robbins declares is the ideal
bulk vender—his “2-in-J .”
be p a id
th e
d is t r ib u t o r s ,
a tio n
m a c h in e
c h in e s
s h o u ld
S ta te
th e
lo o k in g
fo r
A m e r ic a n
g iv e
m ore
te n s io n
o f t h e i r b u s in e s s in
to
a c q u a in te d
le t u s
J.
ex
B e lg iu m .
w ith
such
know .
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J .,
pay
a ll
C o u n ty
agent
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p in - b a ll
is
of
now
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b e in g
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on
each
r e m it
p e n a lty ,”
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th e
p in - b a ll
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ta x
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m a
and
F a r r e ll
J .,
J u ly
m e e tin g
o r d in a n c e
r e a d in g
to
of
w as
by
s a id .
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th e
C ity
on
b a g a te lle ,
p in
am usem ent
m a c h in e s
200
fe e t
of
a
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T h e ta x m u s t
be
to
p la y
a llo w e d
and
w it h in
s c h o o l.
a d o p te d
o r d in a n c e
p e r ta in in g
to
b u s in e s s
to
are
th e
on
fir s t
r e g u la tin g
lic e n s e s
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and
fix
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w o rm s , c ra w d a d s a n d cheese. T h e n
s h e p u t c h e w in g g u m
o n th e h o o k
and
bass.
g o t a tw o - p o u n d
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s o rt o f g ir l.
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d i d n ’t
to
m e r c a n tile
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lo o k in g
$20,
not
A p p lic a tio n s
li c e n s e
S ta te ta x
is
tr ip ,
p e n a lt ie s .
He —
w i t h a $ 1 .5 0 f e e a d d e d .
w ill
o f f e e s o f m e r c a n t i l e li c e n s e s a n d
of
m a c h in e
son
B ranch ,
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16 w ill n o t b e p e r m it t e d
an
a p p r a is e r
f is h in g
fe e
passed
li c e n s e
b a s e b a ll,
r e g u la tin g
y e s te rd a y .
ta x
h a v in g
$10 f o r e a c h m a c h in e .
in g
o n e a c h m a c h i n e , P a t-
F a r r e ll, m e r c a n tile
r e v e a le d
and
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1 3 .— C h e c k u p
m a c h in e s
S ta te
a
C o u n c il
B e lg u im .
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Tax Payment
Jo h n s to w n ,
of
g a m e s a n d m u s ic b o x e s , t h e fe e to b e
w ant
A n Iowa Fish Found
to Be Chew-sy
a
of
w i t h o u t d e la y , o r t h e y m a y b e f o r c e d
to
m a r b le ,
w ho
are
m e th o d
u n s a tis fa c to r y
to
f ir s t
are
you
w as
r e c e ip ts
w a s in s t it u t e d .
C o u n c il a n
houses
h o u s e s , p le a s e
th e
th is
“ S to re k e e p e rs
an
W e
but
pro ve d
A tla n tic
A G E:
on
p r e s e n t f l a t c h a r g e o f $ 2 1 .5 0 f o r e a c h
m a
Wants American
Machines
L a s t y e a r th e re
c e n t ta x
e a c h m a c h in e , w h ic h w a s p a id b y th e
a m u s e m e n t.
A U T O M A T IC
per
th e
penny
b y th e s to r e k e e p e r o p e r a tin g
m a c h in e .
fo u r
tim e s
penny
o p e r a tio n
P u b lic
be
tim e
p e n n ie s w h e r e t h e y w ill
th o u s a n d s
p la c e d
w h ile
h e s ita te ,
s p e n d n ic k e ls , d im e s
The
been
lin e
is t h e
even
little
spend
th a t
have
penny
th o u s a n d s
and
c o u ld
o f th o s e
not
w ho
are
c o m in g
h u m b le r
and
ju m p e d , n o w
c ir c u la t io n
to
c o n v in c e d
th e
fe n c e
in
by
w ere
s o m e th in g
fo re
fr e e ly
are
th e
So
have
t h a t p le n ty
c o lle c tin g
s till o n
m ay
becam e
and
N o w , if you
com e
“you
m a c h in e s
th e ir o w n
are
th e
Oh
y o u ’d
th in k
so.
W e ll,
th in k
say
even
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W rite us fo r details and low prices.
w e ’r e
so
so
even
squared,
if
I
th e n .
d i d n ’t
say
Carl A. Hooper
549 S . S e c o n d S t., L o u is v ille , K y .
so .
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