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Title: One Thousand Ways To Make Money
Author: Page Fox
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ONE
THOUSAND WAYS
TO
MAKE MONEY.
BY
P A G E F O X.
COMPRISING
The Rounds and Bounds of Money-Making; The Arts of
Getting a Living; Old and New Opportunities for
Fortune; A Storehouse of Facts, Hints, Helps
and Practical Ideas, in all Kinds of Business,
and Hundreds of Trade Secrets
Never Before Given Away.
SECOND EDITION.
THE
PUBLISHERS
114
FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1900,
by
THE
in
the
United States
and
Great Britain.
——
All Rights Reserved.
TO THE READER.
RIEND—Are you looking for a place? We tell you how to find it. Are you poorly paid for your work? We tell you how to get better wages. Have you goods you want to sell? We suggest new plans.
Are the profits of shop, store, office, or farm unsatisfactory? We tell you how to increase your income.
Do you want to change your business? We suggest a vast number of new ways to make money.
Have you a boy whom you wish to put to a trade? We tell you what occupations pay the best.
Do you wish to make money in your own home? We give you a list of 100 paying articles which you can make and sell.
Have you a little plot of ground around your house? We tell you how to make it yield you a yearly revenue.
Do you want to know how our rich men made their money? We give the secrets away by the hundred.
Do you want to know what to do with your savings? We give you a list of the best-paying investments.
Have you practical ideas? Are you skilled in the use of tools? Would you like to take out a patent? We present to you a list of over 300 inventions needed, and in some cases even suggest how the article should be made.
Have you literary ability? or reportorial talent? or advertising genius? We mention 100 ways by which you may be able to make a living by the pen.
In short the 1,000 ways of money-making in this book are 1,000 nails to hang your fortune on. Others have profited by these suggestions. Why may not you?
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
HOW TO GET A PLACE.
PAGE
The Secret of Work. Nature’s Furrow. General Details. The Prismatic Brain. The Bridled Tongue. Studying the Stair Above. The Missing Factor. The Magnifying Glass. The Microscopic Eye. Scoring a Point when off Duty. The Study of Men 13
CHAPTER II.
STARTING IN BUSINESS.
The Minimum Basis. The House-to-House Canvass. The Choice Location. The Maximum Basis. The Personal Equation 21
CHAPTER III.
MONEY IN TRADE.
The Interlined Advertisement. The Picturesque Name. The Pictorial Wreck. Red-Letter Day. Class Discount. The Honest Flaw. The Premium Clerk. The Railroad Mileage. The Dial Dollars. First Customer Package. The Carpet Coupon. The House Lot Coupon. Price-Time Grade. Sales Bulletin. Best Reason Prize. Birthday Calendar. Conspicious Price-List. The Early Discount. The Money-Space Counter. 24
CHAPTER IV.
MONEY IN THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW ARTICLE.
The Puzzle. The Toy Imitation. The Cartoon. The Conjurer. The Striking Figure. The Advertising Story. The Word-Builder. The Popular Pun. The Political Guesser. The Geometrical Group. The Pictorial Comparison. The Open Challenge. The Book Gift. Sunday School Supplies. 30
CHAPTER V.
MONEY IN THE HOME STORE.
Section 1—Household Ornaments.
Crystallized Grasses. Leaf Impressions. Vine and Trellis. The Suspended Acorn. Moss and Cone. The Tumbler of Peas. The Hanging Turnip. Bleached Leaves. The Artificial Plant. 35
Section 2—Tea Dishes.
Delicious Ham. Choice Tongue. Artificial Honey. 39
Section 3—Pastry.
Angel Cake. Dominos. Soft Gingerbread. Doughnuts. 41
Section 4—Sweetmeats and Confectionery.
Walnut Candy. Chocolate Caramels. Peppermint Creams. Molasses Candy. Blanched Almonds. Fig Paste. Fig Layer Candy. 42
Section 5—Preserves, Pickles, and Jellies.
Orange Marmalade. Brandied Peach. Ox-Heart Cherry. Pound Pear. Grape Jelly. Sweet Pickles. Chow-Chow. Pickled Walnuts. 44
Section 6—Toilet Articles.
Rose Oil. Cologne Water. French Face Powder. Night-Blooming Cereus. 47
Section 7—Varnishes and Polishes.
Stove Blacking. Shoe Blacking. Furniture Cream. Leather Polish. 48
Section 8—Soaps and Starches.
Poland Starch. Glue Starch. Gum-Arabic Starch. Starch Luster. Hard Soap. Savon D’Amande. 50
Section 9—Soft Drinks.
Root Beer. Ginger Pop. Lemonade and Orangeade. 51
Section 10—Dairy and Other Farm Produce.
Golden Butter. Fresh Eggs. Sweet Milk. Sparkling Honey. New Cheese. Clean Lard. White Pork. Poultry to Order. 52
Section 11—Garden Vegetables.
Cut-to-Order Asparagus. Quick Market Strawberries. Round Tomatoes. Pint Peas. String Beans. Green Corn. 54
Section 12—School Supplies.
Book Covers. Artificial Slates. Cheap Ink. School Bag. Pen Wiper. Children’s Luncheon. 56
Section 13—Christmas Presents.
Sofa Pillow. Jewel Tray. American Flag. Hair-Pin Case. Chair Cushion. Lamp Shade. Bookmark. Handy Work-Box. Pincushion. Catch-Bag. Court-Plaster Case. Postage-Stamp Holder. Photograph Frame. Match Safe. Wall-Pocket. Glove Box. 57
Section 14—Miscellaneous Articles.
Hot Gems. Sliced Watermelon. Toothsome Pies. Ice Cream. Pork and Beans. Tomato Ketchup. Mince Meat. Dried Apples. Peanuts. Cigarettes. Tallow Candles. Lung Preserver. Poison Killer. Mucilage. Pop Corn. 61
CHAPTER VI.
MONEY IN THE HOME ACRE.
Money in Pears. Greenbacks in Greenings. Plums of Gold. The Raspberry Acre. Profits in Big Peaches. Easy Tomatoes. Assorted Strawberries. Livings in Lettuce. Sovereigns in Spinach. Thousand-Dollar Celery. Fortunes in Water-Cress. The Dollar Blackberry. Nickels in Pickles. The Beet Lot. The Roasting Ear. Paying Peas. Grated Horseradish. 69
CHAPTER VII.
MONEY FOR WOMEN.
The School Store. The Hand Album. The Novelty Bakery. The Front Yard Snap. The Pet Dog. The Box Lunch. The Hairdresser. Typo and Steno. The Sewing School. Flat Hunting. A Tea Room. Dress Mending. Lace Handling. Intelligence Office. Professional Mending. The College Cram. Shoe and Wrap Room. General Convenience Room. Sick-Room Delicacies. Shopping Commission. School Luncheon. Hatching Birds. Butter-and-Egg Store. Saratoga Chips. Fancy Lamp Shades. Bee-Keeping. Cleansing and Bleaching. Fancy Soaps. Home Architecture. Home Ornaments. Doubtful Debts. Dressing Dolls. Fruit Preservers. Mushroom Cellar. Poultry Raising. Home Hothouse. Art Needlework. News Agency. Women’s Wants. Home Printing Press. Short Service Bureau. Delicatessen Room. Miscellaneous Exchange. Cap and Apron Plan. Kitchen Utensils. Wedding Manager. Foreign Homes. Lady Barber. Mineral Collections for Schools. Turkish Bath. Trained Nurses. Traveling Companion. Paper Flowers. French Perfumer and Complexion Expert. A Woman’s Hotel. Guide for Shoppers. Bicycle Instruction. Cooking School. Boarding House. Pen Engraving. Ladies’ Restaurant. A Woman’s Newspaper. Advertising Agent. The Civil Service. Post-Prandial Classes. Women Druggists. Almanac Makers. Women Lecturers. Magazine Contributors. Women Physicians. Paper Box Making. Horticulture. Vocalists. Packing Trunks. Women Costumers. Express Office. Fancy Bakery. Women Grocers. Food and Medicine Samples. Samples in Stores. Samples from House to House. The Woman Beautifier. The Manicure Parlor. The Massage Treatment. Ice Cream Parlor. Flower Packets. Lady Caterer. Delicacies for Invalids. Insect Powder. Rice Cultivator. Yeast Cakes. Physical Culture. House Cleaning. Selling Oysters. Pie Cart. Men’s Neckties. Dancing Teacher. Haberdasher. Lady Architect. Lost and Found Agency. 73
CHAPTER VIII.
MONEY FOR BOYS.
Section 1—How a Boy Can Get a Place.
Free Service. Special Department. Show Superiority of Goods. Advertising. Influence. A Trial Week. Commission. 104
Section 2—What Boys Can Do.
The Boy Magician. The Glass-Blower. The Dime Lunch. Cancelled Stamps. The Boys’ Press. Saw and Scroll. The Magic Lantern. Candy-Making. Odd Jobs. General Employment Agency. Collect Magazines. Vacant Lot. Bicycle Teaching. First-Cost Sales. 107
CHAPTER IX.
MONEY IN AGENCIES.
Book Agency. Patent Agency. Commission Merchants. Insurance Agency. Traveling Salesmen. Supply Companies. Agencies for Teachers. Clerical Agency. Matrimonial Agencies. Agency for Servants. Agency for Farm Hands. 113
CHAPTER X.
MONEY IN PROPRIETARY COMPOUNDS.
Healing Ointment. Spasm Killer. Anti-Malaria. Hostetter’s Bitters. Toothache Ease. Candy Digest. Cough Lozenges. Lovers’ Hair-Oil. Purgative Powder. Consumption Wafers. Beef, Iron and Wine. Spring Tonic. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Bed-Bug Exterminator. Catarrh Cure. Lip Pomatum. Ointment for Chapped Hands. Cod-Liver Oil Emulsion. Beauty Water. Cough Mixture. Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Diarrhea Mixture. Blood Purifier. 120
CHAPTER XI.
MONEY IN REAL ESTATE.
City Property. Pleasure Resorts. New Town Sites. Western Lands. The Apartment House. The Sky Scraper. The Jersey Flats. Abandoned Farms. 127
CHAPTER XII.
MONEY IN THE FINE ARTS.
Crayon Work. Drawing. Photograph Coloring. Oil Painting. Water Colors. Wood Engraving. Book Decoration. Dyeing. Designs. Engraving on Glass. Embroidery. Lace Making. Drawing in Charcoal. Painting on China. Portrait Painting. 132
CHAPTER XIII.
MONEY IN MANUFACTURE.
Bicycle Factories. Double Profit Furs. Mica Sheets. Artificial Marble. Artificial Whalebone. Artificial India Rubber. Artificial Camphor. Car Building. The Transverse Wooden Pavement. 137
CHAPTER XIV.
MONEY IN MINING.
Nevada Silver. Aluminum, the New Mineral. North Carolina Mica. Kansas Zinc. Missouri Cottas. Nickel Mines. Mexican Iron. Tennessee Limestone. Fortunes in Copper. German Amber. African Diamonds. Tasmania Tin. Georgia Sapphires. Rock Salt. Asbestos Pockets. Prospects in Platinum. Petroleum Wells. Gold Discoveries. Prospecting for Mines. 143
CHAPTER XV.
MONEY IN PATENT RIGHTS.
Section 1.—Money in Bicycles. A Non-Puncturable Bicycle Tire. Bicycle Holder Attachment. The Bicycle Umbrella Holder. A Bicycle Cyclometer Clock. The Double Power Bicycle. The Folding Wheel. A Bicycle Support. The Cushion Saddle. A Bicycle Guard. A Combination Bicycle Lock. A Bicycle Trunk. The Unicycle. A Bicycle Cover. A Package Holder. Handle Bar Cyclometer. The All-Selling Wheel. Toe-and-Heel Clip. The Extension Bicycle. A Bicycle Shoe. The Stirrup Pedal. The Home Bicycle. 149
Section 2.—Money in Building Contrivances.
The Ornamental Floor. The Secure Window-Blind. The Self-Locking Window. The Adjustable Blind. The Dollar Door Closer. Sectional Window. Adjustable Storm Door. A Hinge Lock. Double Window. Hot-Blast Furnace. The Weightless Window Sash. A Floor Cover. Sash Balance. Painting Machines. The Pneumatic Water Tank. The Wood-Pulp Floor. 154
Section 3.—Money in the Kitchen.
The Cheap Washer. A Meat Chopper. Automatic Stove Damper. Potato Extractor. Knife Sharpener. Cold Handle. The Electric Stove. Fruit Jar Holder. Can Opener. Odorless Cooking Vessels. Coal Filled Flat-Iron. Automatic Soaper. Dish-Washing Machine. A Stove Alarm. The Elastic Clothes Line. Combination Line and Pin. A Fruit Press. The Can-Slide. 157
Section 4.—Money in the Parlor.
The Chair Fan. The Rocking-Chair Fan. Christmas-Tree Holder. Picture-Frame Fastener. Adjustable Head Rest. Imitation Coal Fire. Music Turner. Roll-Front Fire-Screen. Removable Rockers. 160
Section 5.—Money in the Bedroom.
A Noiseless Clock. A Narcotic Pillow. Electric Fire Igniter. Bedclothes Fastener. Easy-Working Bureau. Extensible Bedstead. Movable Partition and Folding Bed. An Attachable Crib. Pulse Indicator. Dress-Suit Hanger. The Anti-Snorer. The Ventilated Mattress. 161
Section 6.—Money in the Cellar.
Furnace Feeder. Ice Machine. Stove Ash-Sifter. Jointed Coal Chute. Combined Pan, Can, Sifter and Roller. Ash-Barrel. 163
Section 7.—Money in the Library and the Schoolroom.
A Paper Binder. The Correspondent’s Desk. Book-Duster. The Portable Library. Pocket Lunch Basket. The Multiple-Leaved Blackboard. 164
Section 8.—Money in Meals.
Butter and Cheese Cutter. Paper Tablecloth. Scroll-Edge Meat Knife. Carving-Knife Holder. Lamp Cooker. Wine Tablets. Extension Table. 165
Section 9.—Money in the Business Office.
The Keyboard Lock. Automatic Safe Opener. Paper Binder and Bill Holder. Book Lock. The Perpetual Calendar. The Lightning Adder. Copyholder. Envelope Moistener and Sealer. Multiple Lock. Office Door Indicator. Automatic Ticket Seller. Perforated Stamp. 167
Section 10.—Money in the Packing-Room.
Nonrefillable Bottle. Collapsible Box. Bottle Stopper. Combination Cork and Corkscrew. Collapsible Barrel. Self-Standing Bag. Barrel Filler and Funnel Cut-Off. Folding Crate. Paper Barrel. 169
Section 11.—Money in Articles of Trade.
The Tradesman’s Signal. Barrel Gauge. Elastic Chimney. Air Moistener. Automatic Lubricator. Short-Time Negative. Drying Apparatus. Rotable Hotel Register. Glass Dome. Round Cutting Scissors. Casket Clamp. Self-Winding Clock. Dose Stopper. Faucet Measure. Automatic Feeder. Coupon Cash Book. Gas Detective. Paper Towels. Water Filter. Pneumatic Freight Tube. Storm Warning. Heat Governor. Automatic Oil Feeder. Paint Brush Feeder. Inside Faucet. House Patterns. Extension Handle. Wire Stretcher. Price Tag. Handy Vise. Folding Ladder. Smokeless Fuel. Finger-Ring Gauge. Laundry Bag. Sole Cement. Goods Exhibitor. Shoe Stretcher. Cork Ejector. Lemon Squeezer. Spring Wheel. Plural Capsule. Dose Bottle. Fisherman’s Claw. Pocket Scale. Toy Bank and Register. Paper Match. Illuminated Type. Paper Bottles. Paper Sail. 170
Section 12.—Money in the Street.
Street Sweeper. Phosphorescent Street Numbers. Buggy Top Adjuster. Shoulder Pack. Adjustable Cart Bottom. Nailless Horseshoe. Elastic Ring. Heel Cyclometer. Whip-Lock. Rein-Holder. Automobile. Low Truck. Automatic Horse Fastener. Foot-Cycle. 178
Section 13.—Money in Farming Contrivances.
Corn Cutter. Frost Protector. Farm Fertilizer. Postless Fence. Automatic Gate Opener. Corn Planter. All-Seed Planter. Fertilizer Distributor. Bone Cutter. Bucket Tipper. Post Hole Digger. Well Refrigerator. Multiple Dasher Churn. Fruit Picker. Portable Fence. Poultry Drinking Fountain. Poultry Perch. Mole Trap. Seed Sower. Milker and Strainer. Paper Milk Can. Plant Preserver. 180
Section 14.—Money in the Mails and in Writing Materials.
The Reversible Package. Copying Paper. Word Printing Typewriter. Transparent Ink Bottle. Double Postal Card. Safety Envelope. Combination Cover and Letter. Always Ready Letter Paper. Ink Regulator. Pen Finger Pen Rest. Perpetual Pen Supply. Letter Annunciator. Envelope Opener. Mail Stamper. Rotary Stamper. Invisible Ink. 184
Section 15.—Money in Dress.
Bachelor’s Buttons. Shoe Fastener. Trousers’ Guard. Twentieth Century Shoe. Combination Tie and Collar. Spring Hat. Rear-Opening Shoe. Detachable Rubber Sole. Instantaneous Cement. Elastic Hat Pin. Starch-Proof Collar Band. Dress Shield. Sleeve Holder. Convertible Button. Paper Clothing. 187
Section 16.—Money in Personal Conveniences.
The Pocket Umbrella. The Million Match. Finger-Nail Parer. The Watch Pad. Pocket Bill Holder. Extension Umbrella. Portable Desk. Flower Holder. Hat Lock. Spring Shoe Heel. Self-Igniting Cigar. Spring Knife. Phosphorescent Key Guard. Knot Clasp. Single Match Delivery. Watch Head Cane. Bookcase Chair. Coin Holder. Pocket Punch. Mouth Guard. Parcel Fastener. 189
Section 17.—Money in Household Conveniences.
The Warning Clock. Slot Gas Machine. Revolving Flower Stand. Window Shade Screen. Baby Walker. Detachable Shower Bath. Carpet Beater. Carpet Stretcher and Fastener. Stepladder Chair. Window Fly-Gate. Double Window Shade. Folding Baby Carriage. Scrubbing Machine. Catch-All Carpet-Sweeper. 192
Section 18.—Money in the Saving of Life and Property.
Safety Shafts. Pocketbook Guard. Cheap Burglar Alarm. Collapsible Fire Escape. Air Tester. Lifeboat Launcher. Saw-Tooth Crutch. Elevator Safety Clutch. Gun-Guard. Pocket Disinfector. Automatic Fire Alarm. Key Fastener. Lightning Arrester. Window Cleaner. Safety Rein. Rope Grip. Scissors Guard. Double Pocket. Fire Extinguisher. 195
Section 19.—Money in the Laboratory.
Fly-Killer. Artificial Egg. Sediment Liquefier. Fire Kindler. Egg Preserver. Mosquito Annihilator. Artificial Fuel. Flamless Torch. Chemical Eraser. 197
Section 20.—Money in Tools.
The Instantaneous Wrench. The Double Channeled Screw Head. The Double Power ‘Screw Driver. The Multiple Blade Parer. Knife Guard. The All-Tool. Nail-Carrying Hammer. 199
Section 21.—Money in the Cars.
Speed Indicator. Automatic Car Coupler. Fender Car-Brake. Folding Car-Step. Car Signal. Automatic Water Tank. 200
Section 22.—Money in Making Pe
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