Automatic Age
Issue: 1927 July - Page 14
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T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
W ILL THE GENIUS OF EDISON WAKE
US UP?
While in the East last month we heard a rumor, which
are unable to substantiate, up to this time, but which carries great
interest. We were told that the Edison Phonograph Company
are coming out with a 5 cent coin-controlled moving picture ma
chine. The machine is designed to be placed in depots and othei
public places where people can pass the time seeing one of the
latest movie reels in abbreviated form. A five cent piece releases
the machine and starts the picture, and gives a ten minute sho^
for a nickel. The hood is so arranged that only one person can
view the reel. Many years ago Edison invented the Biograph
which was a penny arcade machine. The new machine will be on
a more elaborate scale and right up to the minute. Every operator
can realize the possibilities of such a machine. If practical n
will be a constant money maker and the genius of Edison, together
with the financial resources of the Edison Company, will guaran
tee its practicability. The remark of President Smiley of the
Remington Arms Co. that “ the surface has not been scratched
in the automatic field” is indeed significant. Men with imagination
have long foreseen the advent of the automatic day. There have
been many obstacles to overcome, but we are fast overcoming
them. Some of the largest concerns in America have realized the
possibilities of the vending machine in making sales, and are goin£
into it on a large scale. Besides the two mentioned above &e
might mention the Diamond Match Company, which is putting on
a line of match venders; The Wilbur Chocolate Co.; the Kote*
Company; the A. P. W . Paper Towel Co. The Wm. Wrigley C°'
is rapidly extending its vending machine activities, and many other
concerns nationally known are investigating the automatic fien1
for possible deevlopment.
A ccording to Sir W . Arbuthnot
Lane, noted British surgeon, fair
haired persons are more able to fight
against disease than
dark-haired
ones.
Principal
crops
grown in the
United States during 1926 reached a
total farm value o f only $7,802,114,-
© International Arcade Museum
000 as compared with $8,949,321^ ^
in 1925.
A fter their messenger dog had t>ee(l
seriously burned while carrying ° r
ders from one sector to another dur
ing a forest fire, California foreS
rangers made an asbestoc coat f°
him.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
W ILL THE GENIUS OF EDISON WAKE
US UP?
While in the East last month we heard a rumor, which
are unable to substantiate, up to this time, but which carries great
interest. We were told that the Edison Phonograph Company
are coming out with a 5 cent coin-controlled moving picture ma
chine. The machine is designed to be placed in depots and othei
public places where people can pass the time seeing one of the
latest movie reels in abbreviated form. A five cent piece releases
the machine and starts the picture, and gives a ten minute sho^
for a nickel. The hood is so arranged that only one person can
view the reel. Many years ago Edison invented the Biograph
which was a penny arcade machine. The new machine will be on
a more elaborate scale and right up to the minute. Every operator
can realize the possibilities of such a machine. If practical n
will be a constant money maker and the genius of Edison, together
with the financial resources of the Edison Company, will guaran
tee its practicability. The remark of President Smiley of the
Remington Arms Co. that “ the surface has not been scratched
in the automatic field” is indeed significant. Men with imagination
have long foreseen the advent of the automatic day. There have
been many obstacles to overcome, but we are fast overcoming
them. Some of the largest concerns in America have realized the
possibilities of the vending machine in making sales, and are goin£
into it on a large scale. Besides the two mentioned above &e
might mention the Diamond Match Company, which is putting on
a line of match venders; The Wilbur Chocolate Co.; the Kote*
Company; the A. P. W . Paper Towel Co. The Wm. Wrigley C°'
is rapidly extending its vending machine activities, and many other
concerns nationally known are investigating the automatic fien1
for possible deevlopment.
A ccording to Sir W . Arbuthnot
Lane, noted British surgeon, fair
haired persons are more able to fight
against disease than
dark-haired
ones.
Principal
crops
grown in the
United States during 1926 reached a
total farm value o f only $7,802,114,-
© International Arcade Museum
000 as compared with $8,949,321^ ^
in 1925.
A fter their messenger dog had t>ee(l
seriously burned while carrying ° r
ders from one sector to another dur
ing a forest fire, California foreS
rangers made an asbestoc coat f°
him.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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