﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  111 
  

  

  HALL 
  

   CLOCKS 
  

  

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  are 
  beautiful 
  in 
  

   design, 
  finest 
  in 
  con' 
  

   struction, 
  richest 
  in 
  tone 
  of 
  

   chimes 
  and 
  superior 
  time' 
  

   keepers 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   reasons 
  that 
  have 
  made 
  our 
  

   business 
  grow 
  so 
  rapidly. 
  

  

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  Clock* 
  

  

  have 
  a 
  standard 
  of 
  value, 
  

   whether 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  Hall 
  Clock, 
  

   "Banjo," 
  Marble 
  Clock, 
  or 
  

   Regulator. 
  

  

  Nothing 
  Better 
  at* 
  

   Any 
  Price 
  

  

  If 
  your 
  local 
  jeweler 
  does 
  not 
  

   sell 
  our 
  line 
  send 
  direct 
  for 
  

   our 
  new 
  illustrated 
  catalogue 
  

  

  flMtijam 
  Clocfe 
  Company 
  

  

  WALTHAM, 
  eTWASS. 
  

  

  Showroom 
  of 
  The 
  Craftshouse 
  

  

  The 
  World 
  Has 
  Been 
  Ransacked 
  

  

  Out-of-the-way 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  Orient 
  and 
  Europe 
  have 
  given 
  

   up 
  their 
  treasures. 
  

  

  John 
  S. 
  Bradstreet 
  & 
  Co. 
  have 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  Craftshouse 
  in 
  Minneapolis. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  to 
  this 
  place 
  that 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  the 
  unusual, 
  the 
  uniquely 
  

   decorative, 
  the 
  rare, 
  must 
  turn 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  most 
  choice 
  in 
  bronze, 
  

   tapestries, 
  lacquer 
  work, 
  etc., 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  obtainable 
  in 
  no 
  

   other 
  place. 
  

  

  To 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  "Bradstreet 
  piece 
  " 
  gives 
  a 
  value 
  to 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  furniture 
  that 
  is 
  me?sured 
  by 
  its 
  beauty, 
  oddity, 
  handi- 
  

   craft, 
  taste 
  and 
  artistic 
  feeling 
  — 
  not 
  simply 
  by 
  its 
  commercial 
  

   conception. 
  

  

  Write 
  for 
  our 
  brochure 
  and 
  let 
  us 
  further 
  explain 
  how 
  we 
  

   can 
  fill 
  your 
  decorative 
  needs. 
  

  

  Interior 
  Fitments 
  JOHN 
  S. 
  BRADSTREET 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  Mural 
  Decorations 
  327 
  South 
  Seventh 
  Street, 
  Minneapolis, 
  Minnesota 
  

  

  This 
  

   House 
  

   Built 
  of 
  

   Blocks 
  

   Made 
  on 
  

   Hercules 
  

  

  Build 
  with 
  Concrete 
  Blocks 
  

  

  Concrete 
  is 
  the 
  Home 
  Building 
  

   Material 
  of 
  the 
  Future 
  

  

  The 
  vast 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  concrete 
  houses 
  

   erected 
  this 
  year 
  over 
  last 
  year 
  proves 
  this 
  conclusively. 
  

  

  THE 
  HERCULES 
  SPECIAL 
  

  

  is 
  a 
  concrete 
  block 
  machine 
  that 
  will 
  make 
  all 
  the 
  

   blocks 
  necessary 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  modern 
  home 
  of 
  great 
  

   architectural 
  beauty. 
  

  

  Price 
  for 
  Complete 
  Outfit, 
  $120 
  

  

  A 
  Hercules 
  Special 
  Machine 
  and 
  Complete 
  Outfit 
  

   for 
  $120, 
  and 
  with 
  this 
  outfit 
  any 
  unskilled 
  workman 
  

   with 
  simple 
  instructions 
  can 
  make 
  all 
  the 
  blocks 
  

   necessary. 
  Send 
  for 
  our 
  catalog 
  ; 
  it 
  will 
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  you 
  lots 
  

   of 
  interesting 
  things 
  about 
  concrete 
  construction. 
  

  

  CENTURY 
  CEMENT 
  MACHINE 
  CO. 
  

  

  180 
  West 
  Main 
  Street, 
  ROCHESTER, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

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  minutes 
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  Mullins 
  

   Fireproof 
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  They 
  actually 
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  Shall 
  we 
  send 
  you 
  our 
  

   catalogue 
  and 
  quote 
  you 
  

   prices 
  ? 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Mullins 
  Co., 
  

  

  202 
  Franklin 
  St., 
  Salem, 
  O. 
  

  

  Also 
  manufacturers 
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  Ornamental 
  

  

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  Metal 
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