Automatic Age

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stocks are
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° n an apparatus similar to the
trv Ul?f
machines in this coun-
mar • 6 player Places his money on
Ktr, f * nS
same as in playing the
tock market. W hile there is an ele-
it b
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ys who follow W a ll Street.
Stamp Machines Do
Land Office Business
Coin machines are now being run
Uncle Sam.
wever.
are n° t gam bling machines,
They sell postage stamps,
wo new automatic venders in­
* led in the north lobby o f the Fed-
ai building are attracting a lot o f
mention and incidentally are doing,
° speak, a "lan d office business.”
nlike the ordinary stamp m a-
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ge
ter. A light flashes, informing that
the machine is in operation. If you
want three 2-cent stamps you press
that button three times.
I f you
dropped a quarter into the slot, you
push the change button and prompt­
ly get 19 cents change.
If the coin was only a nickel, the
silent vendor refuses to deliver more
than two 2-cent stamps, but is per­
fectly willing to yield a 1-cent
stamp or return a penny in change.
The stamps come out in a string, as
high as twelve, when you pull on the
first one to appear, but by no man­
ner can you get more than you have
paid for.
The devices relieve a great deal ot
work at the stamp windows in small
sales of the 1 and 2-cent denomina­
tion. After
the stamp windows
close, the machines continue to op­
erate without
any complaint of
working overtime.
w b " ! 3 in <*rug' and cigar stores, in
nich a person drops a nickel and
„ * . S a Pftir ot 2-cent stamps, thereby
doll
8 revenue o* 20 cents on the
tu * !? * ,thS £ ° vernment devices re-
rn full value fo r your money, make
ange accurately up to a quarter
ana refuse to be tricked.
They pour into the cashier's office
hundreds o
_
o f f dollars
dollars daily.
W hen a
machine is "so ld out” a mechanical
device closes the slot instead o f con-
Ul«f? to accept coins as do the
and other vending machines.
The machines are about four feet
gn and a foot square, resem bling a
w i f w ? cabinet- They are equipped
h three push buttons, one for
wo-cent stamps, one fo r one-cent
amps and one fo r change.
The user drops a coin o f any de­
nomination, not higher than a quar­
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Old Cent Sells for $2500
“ Henry C. Hines, a director of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Es­
sex county, has a rare penny, minted
in 1799, for which he paid a pretty
penny— $2,600.
Mr. Hines is well
satisfied with his bargain, as the coin
completes his collection of one-cent
pieces, of which he has an unbroken
line, having at least one for every
year since they were first minted.
His collection of one-cent pieces is
regarded as unique.”
The above is a press dispatch dated
Newark, N. J. Mr. Hines is a mem­
ber of the A. N. A. and his collec­
tion of large cents is well known
among collectors as one of the best
in the United States.
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