We have (says the Scientific American) coin-controlled machines for selling chewing gum, cigars,, lead pencils, and candy; machines which require but the dropping in the slot of a nickel to enable one to listen to the latest “ coon ” songs ; and mactrnes that embody in their construction a city directory which can be opened by the dropping of a cent in the everpresent slot. In a word, the name of coin-controlled ” machine is legion. The latest addition to the list is a coin • controlled newspaper - vending machine.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 260, 25 September 1902, Page 4
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86Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 260, 25 September 1902, Page 4
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