Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
89
A Recent Consolidation
Steam
Shovel
Is Great
Money
Getter
The “ Miniature Steam Shovel” is a
duplicate o f the real thing, operating
on the same principle, picking up
candies and novelties. The operator
regulates the position at which the
bucket drops by a handle protruding
from the aluminum front plate. Rain­
bow nuts are mostly used, with a
sprinkling o f slum fo r attraction.
The operating cost is about 10 per
cent. It absolutely does not conflict
with any machine on the market,
thereby getting the money that other­
wise would be lost to you. Young
and old play this machine repeatedly.
It is claimed b y all owners to be
the biggest money-maker on the
market. P ro o f o f the above is that
every arcade in New Y ork and B rook­
lyn and surrounding beaches have one.
or more machines. These men cer­
tainly know what they are doing as
they all have large rents to pay and
therefore must get the besl money­
making machines possible. An arcade
proprietor at Midland Beach, L. I.,
paid his- rent the past two seasons
from it.
© International Arcade Museum
Attention is directed to the an­
nouncement on one o f the advertising'
pages o f the consolidation o f two
well-known New York concerns, R e­
liable Peanut Company o f 21 Des­
brosses street and Fitzgibbons Spe­
cialties of 354 W . 44th street. The
consolidated concern will be known
as Reliable Peanut Company, Inc.,
with main office and factory at 21
Desbrosses street, New York, the up­
town office now discontinued.
Our old friend John A. Fitzgibbons
“ More Reliable Than E ver" will be
active in the sales department, with
a full line o f vending machine sup­
plies, parts, glass globes, post cards,
chocolate bars, ball gum, etc., at at­
tractive prices.
American Chicle
Profits Increase
The American Chicle Company,
Long Island City, N. Y., maker o f
Adams chewing gum, Chiclets, etc.,
reports a net profit, after charges o f
$293,900 fo r the quarter ended March
31, 1926. This compares with $256,­
367 fo r the corresponding part o f
_ Colored prisoners in the county
jail at Milwaukee have been found
using raw potatoes, lump sugar, and
cubes o f salt in games o f “ African
g olf,”
Street traffic may impress vibra­
tions o f sound on the air amounting
to a force over a plate-glass store
window o f several pounds.
The term “ bits” comes from the
frontier practice o f hacking Spanish
dollars into eight pieces or bits to
provide change, as small minted coins
usually were lacking.
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