Coin Machine Journal

THE
08
COIN
M ACHINE
JOURNAL
0 dob or, 1933
Mead Has Novel
Business Card
• J o h n M e a d , of th e L a n d O ’ L a k e s
N o v e lty C o ., W is c o n s in , was a v is ito r
in C h icag o th e firs t p a r t of O c to b er.
M e a d has one o f th e m ost in te re s t­
in g business cards w e h a v e ever seen.
T h s c a rd re m in d s us of several others
w h ic h h a v e been used b y operators
an d w h ic h h a v e n o t o n ly a ttra c te d
This Amazing “New Deal” Can Be Played
3 Different Ways: 5-reel cards, 3-reel
standard play « . . And the Brand New
4-Reel “Mystery Award” Play (3 fruit
reels—I reel with figures showing new
“odds” on each operation!) We Heartily
Endorse This Newest and Richest of To­
day's Money-Makers! See or Write Us—
Fast! Now’s the Time for Profit! When
You Want the Best—See Us.
business th ro u g h th e ir o rig in a lity , h u ­
m or an d g en eral good sense, b u t h a v e
m ad e re p u ta tio n s fo r some operators.
F o r instan ce, E d O s te rb a n n e r’s card
S t, Louis C oin M ach in e Co.
1420 N . G ran d B lv d ., S t. Louis, M o .
b e w a ilin g th e taxes, surtaxes, syn­
taxes, la w s, in -la w s an d o u tlaw s, has
becom e a classic o f th e coin m achine
WORLD’S FAIR
T h e W o r ld ’s F a ir , ra p id ly d ra w in g
a tin g b u t e v e ry phase o f o u r presen t
to a close, has been exte n d e d several
d a y existence.
O u tsid e o f th e a n n u a l show o f the
coin m achine in d u s try no o th e r even t
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d ays to enable m a n y th ousan ds w h o
w ere u n a b le to a tte n d p re v io u s ly to
see th e w onders th a t i t presents. T h e
F a ir g e n e ra lly has been a g re a t suc­
cess a n d a m o v e m e n t is n o w on fo o t,
supp o rted b y P re s id e n t R o o se v e lt, JLo
keep i t in o p e ra tio n a n o th e r y e a r.
O f p a rtic u la r in te re s t to th e o p e ra ­
to rs has been th e success o f coin m a ­
chines in o p e ra tio n a t th e F a ir . T h e
p u b lic has p a tro n iz e d th e m achines
generously a n d w h ile th e re w as no
coin m a c h in e e x h ib itio n as such, m a ­
chines in o p e ra tio n represented a
com prehensive cross section o f th e in ­
d u s try .
has b ro u g h t so m a n y o p erato rs to th e
center of th e coin m a c h in e business.
Griffin Heads Payne Mem­
phis Office
R . E . G riffin , fo r several y ears an
o p e ra tio n in N a s h v ille , T e n n ., has
jo in e d th e o rg a n iz a tio n of H . G .
P a y n e C o ., an d has charge o f th e
M e m p h is sales room s o f th a t com ­
pany.
M r . G riffin ’s operatio n s a re
charge o f one of his associates.
in
in d u s try . N o w w e q u o te th e D u tc h ­
m a n ’s e u lo g y to his dog as it appears
on th e b a c k o f M e a d ’s c a rd :
“ A G e rm a n , addressing his dog,
said: ‘Y o u vas o n ly a dog, b u t I v ish
I vas y o u . V e n y o u go m it d er b ed in ,
y o u shust ru n a ro u n d dree tim es u n d
la y d o w n . V e n I go m it d er bed in , I
h a f to lo c k de b lace u n d v in d de clock
u n d p u t de c a t oud u n d undress m y ­
self, u n d m y v ife vakes u p u n d scolds
m e. D e n de b a b y cries u n d I h a f to
v a lk h im u p and d o w n , den m a y p e
v en I shust go to sleep, i t ’s tim e to get
u p ag a in . V e n y o u g et u p y o u shust
scratch y o u rs e lf a couple o f tim es,
s tre tc h , an d y o u vas u p . I h a f to
q u ic k lite de fire , u n d p u t de k e ttle on,
u n d scrap m it m y v ife a lre a d y u nd
m a y p e g e t some b re a k fa s t. Y o u p la y
a ll d a y u n d h a v b le n ty of fu n . I h a f
to v o rk a ll d a y u n d h a f b le n ty o f
d ro u b le. V e n y o u die, y o u vas d e a d ;
ven I die, I h a f to go to h e ll y e t.’ ”
F o r instan ce, th e D ig g e r ty p e m a ­
chines h a v e been v e ry p o p u la r ; th ere
a re a n u m b e r o f gam es in use a n d v a ­
rious types o f v e n d in g e q u ip m e n t, in ­
c lu d in g scales.
T h o u s an d s o f o p erators h a v e v is ­
ite d C hicag o th is su m m er w h o m ig h t
never ha v e com e u n d e r a n y o th e r c ir­
cum stances. T h e s e o p erators to o k a d ­
v a n ta g e o f th e o p p o rtu n ity to see the
b ig coin m a ch in e fa c to rie s a t th e same
tim e th e y w ere v is itin g th e F a ir . T h e y
b ro u g h t th e ir fa m ilie s o r frie n d s along
a n d c a rrie d b a c k w ith th e m n ew an d
progressive ideas n o t o n ly o f op er-
W h e n w ritin g advertisers m en tio n T h e C oin M a ch in e J o u rn a l. I t establishes you as being progressive.
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