Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-05
PUT Z CENTS IN SLOT,
] GET EVEN|NGLEDGER
Automatic Newspaper Vendors
Are Placed on Corners Where
Newsboys Are Missing
CONVENIENCE TO BUYERS

If there is no newsboy or newsstand
on your corner, you need not 60 on
long hunt for your copy Of the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER or go without 1t.
For the automatic newsboy has made
his appearance in Philadelphia and you
tan get your LEDGER by dropping two
cents in n slot machine close by your
house-that is, in the districts In which
lhe slot machines have been installed.
And there will be machines in all
,arts of Philadelphia as soon as the
work of extending the new idea can be
'one. The plan is one completely new
o Philadelphia.
The slot machines are meeting instant
success, for they are Of great convent
ence. Many a man can now step out
,f his house, get his EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER in the slot machine nearby and
njoy his ride down town, reading the
news of the world, instead of twiddling
his thumbs, as was often the case when
no newspaper could be obtained before
time for getting aboard the street car.
For the automatic newsboys are
selling all editions Of the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER and the PUBLIC
, LEDGER, and you can get n newspaper
to read at any time, day or night.
DO Not Compete With Newsies
The slot machines are not competing
with newsboys or newsstands. They
are mainly to fill in gaps. Where there
are no newsboys or newsstands they
supply the need. Where newsboys or
newsstands handle newspapers on cor
ners the automatic newsboy does busi-
ness when the newsboy goes away after
selling through the rush hours or the
newsstand is closed for the night.
The automatic newsboy will sell
newspapers twenty four hours a day.
All machines will be supplied by auto
mobile service with the latest editions.
First steps in giving Philadelphia this
new service are being made in the
northern part of the city, but thou
sands Of the slot machines are being
made. so that no part of Philadelphia
will be without this convenience.
The automatic newsboy machine Is
easy to operate and is so arranged that
~ YOU put in too much or too little
money the coins fall out and you car
commence again.
If all the copies of the EVENING PUB
IIc LEDGER have been sold and the ma
chine is empty the money dropped into
the slot will also be automatically re-
turned.
Machines Painted Yellow
But 1t is always possible to tell wher
the machines are empty. You can lool
inside the machine through a glass win
dow and a glance will tell you whether il
contains the latest edition or Is empty
In this way there is no possible chance
of losing in dealing with the automatic
newsboy.
The slot machines are painted yellow
so that they may be easily seen at I
distance by those who want to read tn
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER.
\ Where the automatic newsboys hav
Z been placed, they have stirred tremen
dous interest. They were looked upol
as a much needed and really valuabl
acquisition in many neighborhoods, an
the enterprise back of the innovation
i won praise everywhere.
One incident showed how quickly resi-
dents of Philadelphia grow familiar wit
innovations.
A woman was standing at one
the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER'S sio
machines, apparently studying 1t.
man, thinking that she did not under
stand how to operate the machine
dropped in two cents and said:
"This is the way you do it,
"Oh, I know how" replied th
woman.
No instruction Needed
She didn't need instruction as to hoy
to deal with the automatic newsboy
She may have been ready to give les
sons.
y Some 81 the automatic newsboys nov
in use are to be found at the follow
ing locations:
1890 North Broad street. in front Of III
garage of the American Motor Service Con
J pany: This machine Is convenient II, tor ,dd mt
Broad and Bristol streets. outside of r.
Northeast corner Broad and Wingohockkiin y
streets. outside OF Binders mems outhrtin
Northeast corner Broad and Rocklan
streets. outside of AulSerbrands pharmae!
Southwest corner York road ana nu'i'
Broad and Blavis streets. outside of Kahr
Sixteenth and Biavis streets. outside {
IL l.. Mahle's delicatessen store:
stss' Southwest ,s,ds corner of Bteeloeks pharmacy
" Eighteenth and Wingohoeking streets. ou
side of V. J. Elias barber snop.
Gratz and wingohocking streets. outslt
of A. Landau's tailor shop.
Nineteenth and Wingohocking strects ou
side OF Schaeffer's pharmacy.
N Eighteenth and Cayuga streets. outside
. A. Essgs candy store .
Sixteenth and CayuRa streets. outsiue
s. b. Davis's drug store. ',
IN 1912 North Broad street. outside OF In
NJ perial garage. MI, .,,
v Broad street and Hunting Park avenu
A outside of Becks cafe.
Thirteenth and Pike streets. OUTSIDE
Eichenthals s cigar store.
( Thirteenth street and Erie avenue. outsi'
of A. Pairman's grocery. .,.
Eleventh street and Erie avenue. outs!'
4 of CiFsers candy store
Tenth street and Erie avenue OUTSIDE
Ninth street and Erie avenue.
Eighth street and Erie avenue. outsit
of Doctor Gibbe's drug store.
34iS Sydenham street. In front OF Ge
lnch's GARAGE