An access door provided in a dispenser, for access by a delivery person to an interior of the dispenser where a stack of newspapers are stored. A coin box is provided on a top wall of the dispenser. The coin box operates in a known manner to permit operation of a pull bar after the correct amount of payment has been received into the coin box. The pull bar urges against the top-most one of the newspapers when a customer pulls the pull bar, thus pushing the newspaper onto a dispensing tray and through a slot in the dispenser, thus presenting the newspaper to the customer. The customer may then take the newspaper for his or her use. When the newspaper is pushed forward, a hinged security flap rotates upward to permit the newspaper to pass through the slot. A platform is positioned within the interior of the dispenser. The newspapers are stacked upon the platform, which is raised by a lifting device, which is configured to urge the stack of the newspapers against a stop member, which is positioned at a top of the interior of the dispenser. A positioning device is provided on the dispenser for vertically positioning the stop member. In one embodiment, the positioning device is a manual device accessible only to the delivery person. After the delivery person stacks the newspapers onto the platform, he or she can position the stop member so that when the stack of newspapers is urged against the stop member, only the top-most one of the newspapers is positioned to slide onto the dispensing tray when urged by the pull bar.
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