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One Thousand Ways to Make a Living; or, An Encyclopædia of Plans to Make Money — Harold Morse Dunphy

One Thousand Ways to Make a Living; or, An Encyclopædia of Plans to Make Money

Harold Morse Dunphy

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1437 pages

One Thousand Ways to Make a Living is a 1919 collection of practical essays and plans for earning money, compiled and edited by lawyer Harold M. Dunphy. It gathers advice from across North America and Europe on how ordinary people might make a livelihood, offering a plain-speaking glimpse of work and enterprise in its era.

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Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at
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HAROLD M. DUNPHY, LL. B.
Graduate of the University of Michigan, 1906
Attorney at Law
ONE THOUSAND WAYS
TO MAKE A LIVING
OR
AN  ENCYCLOPÆDIA  OF
PLANS TO MAKE MONEY

Collated and Edited
by
HĵǡLjƯŠ M. DǼƿǙƒΏ, LL. B.
FIRST EDITION
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
1919
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF
TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1919
BY

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Contents

  1. ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING OR AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF PLANS TO MAKE MONEY
  2. IMPORTANT PUBLISHER’S ANNOUNCEMENT
  3. PREFACE
  4. THE WAY TO WEALTH
  5. SELF-PROTECTION AGAINST FRAUDULENT SCHEMES AND WILDCAT INVESTMENTS
  6. PLAN No. 1. WEAVING BASKETS FOR FERNS
  7. PLAN No. 2. PROFESSIONAL HOSTESS
  8. PLAN No. 3. A TEACHER TURNS CHAUFFEUR
  9. PLAN No. 4. PAID READING MATTER FOR NEWSPAPERS
  10. PLAN No. 5. VACANT LOTS KEPT CLEAN
  11. PLAN No. 6. MINT CULTURE
  12. PLAN No. 7. CLIPPING COLLECTION
  13. PLAN No. 8. A ONE-COW DAIRY
  14. PLAN No. 9. WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS
  15. PLAN No. 10. WINDOW-CARD SUGGESTIONS
  16. PLAN No. 11. STARTING A GINGHAM SHOP
  17. PLAN No. 12. CROCHETING DOLL CLOTHES
  18. PLAN No. 13. MAKING READY-TO-WEAR APRONS
  19. PLAN No. 14. MAKING CANVAS GLOVES
  20. PLAN No. 15. SPATS FOR COLLEGE GIRLS
  21. PLAN No. 16. A CHILDREN’S 5c PLAY GROUND
  22. PLAN No. 17. CO-OPERATIVE COOKING
  23. PLAN No. 18. STARTING A TEA ROOM
  24. PLAN No. 19. BREAD AND CAKE BAKING
  25. PLAN No. 20. PENCIL SHARPENING MACHINE FREE
  26. PLAN No. 21. $5,000 A YEAR FROM 81⁄2 ACRES
  27. PLAN No. 22. POLITICAL MANUAL
  28. PLAN No. 23. THEATRE-GOERS’ WEEKLY
  29. PLAN No. 24. SPRAYING FRUIT AND SHADE TREES
  30. PLAN No. 25. HOME LUNCH DELIVERY

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