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...land, liquor and such comes tax free. Needless to say, it flowed freely. The foreign lines were more than happy to encourage the Americans to spend their money, especially when they spent dollars. The Dutch Line went so far as to mint some special ships money, script and coin, to keep the students from spending Dutch guilder...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: Thousands of US Students Migrate To Europe for Summer Study, Play | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

...action, which rejected plans made last Spring for the purchase of a coin-operated automatic wash outfit to be installed in the House basement, was passed unanimously by the House Committee last Tuesday. The main reason for the change in plans, as cited by Herman, stems from the fact that the House treasury cannot stand the expense of purchasing a washer and the dryer that would also be required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Balks On Washing Machine | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

...similar to pay-as-you-go meters used during the depression, then discarded when money began growing on trees again. The gadget is fastened atop the refrigerator and the purchaser drops in a quarter a day (or more, depending on the installment conditions); if he fails to drop the coin in the slot, the electric current shuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: A Quarter a Day | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Dime-a-Dose. In Madison, Tenn., Spray-a-Tan, Inc. started production of a coin-operated machine, invented by William H. Hayes and William B. Jakes Jr., designed to take the sand and rubbing out of suntan oiling. For a dime, a sunbather can step up to an aluminum cabinet (see cut) and spray himself with oil for 60 seconds. The price: $200 a machine and $7 a gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...object of penny-pitching is, like in most competitive contests, to win. This is done by prepelling a penny through the air and/or along the pavement in such a manner that the coin comes to rest closer to a wall (at which the competitors are presumably aiming) than the coppers thrown by the other contestants...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: They're Off and Rolling in Lowell's Courtyard! | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

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