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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 7, 1907, 
Merchandise fror P =Sheriffs’ami Receivers’ Sales 
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Save 30 to £3f per cent, on your purchases. 
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the CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING COI ■ “ ' saves you 30 to SO per cent on staple merchandise from Sheriffs and Receivers 
Sales. Wrecking prices have come to be known as bargain prices. Here you have the most wonderful bargain offering ever advertised, buch an 
opportunity seldom occurs. The very best manufactured articles offered at less than original cost of production. That’s our merchandisingmethod. \\e do not buy o 
goods in the regular way. but take advantage of various sales to secure bargains. Our mammoth plant IS the largest in the world de o 5 ,. 
sale of general Stocks. Increasing business has necessitated an addition to our already enormous institution. Over 35 acres literally covered with mere a 
OUR BUSINESS IS ONE OF ACTION. Buy To-day. BARGAINS WAIT FOR NO MAN. 
We built our enormous business by always giving our Customers Absolute Satisfaction 
100 lbs. Fencing Wire, $1.50 
BB telephone, 
Wire in short 
lengths . . . $ 1.25 
Galvanized wire 
shorts, 100 lbs.— 
Nos. 9 and 
10.$1.80 
Nos. 11 and 
12 ..... 1.00 
No. 14.... 2.00 
13. 100 lbs. 2.40 
Enameled Kitchen Sinks, $1.00 
New blue enameled, 
10x24. with nickel- 
plated strainer, enam¬ 
eled inside and out¬ 
side. price. . .$1.00 
Cast-iron flat rim white porcelain enam- 
kitchen sinks, size 18x30, with nickel- 
plated strainer.$1.75 
Handsome high-back, one-piece, white 
enameled cast - iron seamless kitchen 
sinks.$11.00 
Waterworks System $48.00. 
Even if you live on a farm you can 
have just as much comfort as city folks. 
At $48.00 we can furnish you one of 
our pneumatic water works outfits, giv¬ 
ing you fire protection as well as an op¬ 
portunity to supply your home with the 
comforts of modern plumbing. We are 
the largest dealers in plumbing material 
and water-works outfits anywhere. 
JM8.00 buys complete water-works 
utfits; tanks, pump valves and fittings. 
1-inch Pipe, per foot 4c. 
^^rhauled pipe, complete with 
screwed ends and threaded couplings: 
1 inch, per foot. 4c 
IV* inch.... 5c 1% inch.6%c 
Overhauled well casing, with couplings 
complete, good as new. 
1 % inch . . . <(c 2% inch.10c 
Field Fencing, 20c per rod. 
Galvanized graduated diamond mesh 
field fencing, 22 in. high, per rod.2<)c 
36 in., per rod.35c 
Square mesh fencing at the same prices. 
Heavy 2-in. mesh, hexagon galvanized 
fencing, suitable for every purpose, made 
of No. 16 wire, 150 lineal feet 
2 4 in. wide, per bale. 2.00 
Galvanized poultry netting, 2-in. mesh, 
150 lineal feet to the bale: 
12 in. wide, per bale.$0.50 
ENAMELED TUBS, $6.00 
Brand new 
steel tubs, with, 
enamel baked 
on, 5 ft. long. 
Handsome white 
enameled, seam¬ 
less, cast - iron, 
roll rim bath- . „ _ __ 
tubs . $15.25 
Low-down water closet outfits, 10.00 
Beautiful marble washstands. . . 0.00 
MODERN HEATING APPARATUS 
We can furnish you a 
steam or hot-water heat¬ 
ing plant for your home 
at prices from $ 12 5 
up. Will save its cost 
in a very short time. 
All we ask is an oppor¬ 
tunity to prove this 
statement. Send u s 
sketch of your building. We will make 
you a proposition for properly heating it, 
GALV. STEEL TANKS, $2.00. 
Weigh less and 
twice as practical 
as wooden tanks; 
best manufactured. 
32 gal. tank, $2; 
4 7 gal., 8 2.50; 
73 gal., $2.75; 
6 bbl., $5.50; 
larger sizes in proportion. 
Cookers. $9.20:.Steel 
$7X0. ' 
., __ Wagon Tanks, 
GalvunizedTrouglis, 60c. 
We Purchased Every Exposition. 
This includes the World's Fairs of Chicago 
and St. Louis, the Expositions of Buffalo and 
Omaha, built at a cost of $90,000,000.00. We 
are the foremost dismantles and purchasers of large 
institutions in the world. By this means alone mil¬ 
lions of dollars’ worth of the world’s best products 
have passed into our possession and have been re¬ 
built and sold at 60 % below their original value. 
The World’s Bargain Center. 
Thousands of satisfied customers everywhere have 
learned to recognize the virtue of our business. We 
stand between you and high prices. The greater part 
of our stock consists of absolutely brand new, first- 
class merchandise that we have secured in connec¬ 
tion with our purchase of stocks at SHERIFFS’ 
and RECEIVERS’ SALES. Our enormous ware¬ 
houses are overflowing with merchandise secured 
from such sources. Our wonderful growth and ex¬ 
pansion is the best evidence of our ability to serve 
vou. Merchandise of the highest quality is sold at 
sacrifice prices. Each day some new addition to 
our stock compels us to dispose of what we have 
on hand. The time to buy is when these bargains, 
shown you in this advertisement, are calling on you 
for action. Send us your order today and be con¬ 
vinced, 
OUR GUARANTEE. 
We guarantee absolute satisfaction. A satisfied 
customer means more to us than a large sale. Every 
article you purchase from us is guaranteed absolutely 
as represented. If you find it to the contrary, we 
hold ourselves in readiness to make good our repre¬ 
sentations. If the goods received are not as repre¬ 
sented, we will take them back and refund your 
purchase price at onoe. There will be no argument 
about the return of your money. All you need to 
say is that “goods are not satisfactory.’ That’s 
enough for us. Money will be promptly refunded 
you. Send us your order today. 
We cheerfully invite investigation as to our re¬ 
sponsibility. Our capital stock and surplus is over 
$1,000,000.00. We refer you to any commercial 
institution in Chicago or anywhere else. Look us 
up in Dun’s or Braastreet’s; ask any Express Com¬ 
pany; write to the editor of this or any other paper; 
if you want more positive proof, write to our de¬ 
pository, the Drovers’ Deposit National Bank, 
Chicago. 
RUGS, $9.40 
8 - wire tapestry 
Brussels in variety 
of colors and de¬ 
signs, size 10 ft. 6 
in. x 8 ft. 3 in. 
Beautiful medallion 
center, red with 
green and tan fig¬ 
ure. Perfect har¬ 
mony. Retail value. 
00 to $25. 
18.< 
Brass Trimmed Beds, $6.40 
Full size, 
strongly built, 
exactly like il¬ 
lustration. Posts 
1 1-16 inch 
diam., 67 inch 
high, trimmed 
with genuine 
brass, enameled 
in either white, 
pea green or 
$11.00 HEATER $6.50 
200 like cut, bought at 
Sheriffs’ Sale. Greatest fuel 
saver, best heater made. 
Ornamental, trimmed i n 
nickel. Large, durable fire- 
pot. New patent grate and 
large bailed ashpan. Best 
quality casting. Body heav¬ 
ily reinforced. 12 in.$6.50 
14 inch.6.00 
1 6 inch.15.00 
ROLLTOP DESK, $15.00. 
High back, 
roomy pigeon 
h o les. Woll 
built, 60 differ¬ 
ent etvles, $12.00 
to $15.00. Office 
Chairs, $1.50 up. 
Files and Office 
Supplies of all 
kinds. Write for 
special list. 
Good Quality Linoleum, 38c yd. 
Six carloads gen¬ 
uine linoleum bought 
at Receivers’ Sale. 
Extra heavy; floral 
and tile patterns; 2 
yards wide. Retail 
price, 4 5 to 60 cts. 
Send your order to¬ 
day. giving us size 
of room. Oil cloth, 
per sq. yd.. 17. 
Washing 
Machine $4.75 
' Usually sells from 
$8.00 to $10.00; 
greatest labor, time 
and clothes saver 
ever invented. No 
steam, damp or wet 
floors. Absolutely 
the best manufac¬ 
tured. Makes wash¬ 
day a pleasure. Any 
child can run it. It 
almost runs itself. 
Boston Leather Couch, $14.00 
5 0 bought 
at Manufac¬ 
turers’ Sale; 
full contin- 
u o u s roll 
diamond 
tuftod top. 
Best quality _ , , _ 
hair filled over durable tow layer. Hand 
some hand-carved claw-feet frame. lie 
tail value easily $24.00. 
Steel Fireproof Safe $5.50 
Small 7b lb safe for general 
home and farm use. Other 
sizes at $6.50, $7.00, $7.50 
and $8.00. 
Heavy angled safe with 5 
flanged doors with nomina¬ 
tion locks, at $16.00. Larger 
sizes from $29.00 to S60.00. Al¬ 
so a full line of fire proof 
vault doors from $25.00 to $74.00. 
LUMBER! LUMBER! Send Us Your Lumber Bill for Our Estimate. LUMBER! LUMBER! 
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THE CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING COMPANY 
Offers the most wonderful opportunity ever heard of to furnish you 
lumber and building supplies of every kind at Prices that will save you 
big money. Such an opportunity as this seldom occurs. We have lumber 
for your house, church, barn, meeting house, cribs, stores, factories and in 
fact, buildings of every kind. We can furnish absolutely everything re¬ 
quired in construction material. Have your carpenter or builder Make up 
a complete ist of everything that you may require, including 
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Nais, Roofing, Siding, Ceiling and every 
Single Article. Send it to us at once, tell us where you .have seen this 
advertisement, and we will make a Proposition that will bea saving 
of from 30 to 60 per cent. This is not an idle statement. Thousands 
of satisfied customers have bought lumber from us in the past. We 
guarantee absolute satisfaction. We require your goo d wi.l. 
LUMBER FROM EXPOSITIONS 
We have had vast lumber experience. After the World’s Fair 
at Chicago we sold 80,000,000 Feet; at the Omaha 
Exposition. 5 i, 000,000 Feet; at the Pan-American Exposition, 
33,000,000 Feet, and at the St. Louis Exposition over 100,000,000 
Feet. You will miss one of the greatest chances you ever saw if you 
overlook buying your lumber now. Prices on lumber are ever advancing. 
Do not wait for them to go down. They never will. If you have no need 
for a carload yourself, get your neighbors to club in with you. By buying 
a carload you can save all kinds of money on freight charges. We have 
railroad tracks running through our main warehouses and buildings and can 
load a car to good advantage to you. You can include other items in this 
same car, such as Pipe, Plumbing Material and Merchandise of 
Every Kind. Roofing, Wire, Fencing, Furniture, Hardware. 
FIFTY MILLION FEET OF LUMBE R FOR SALE ! 
We recently bought at Manufacturers’ Sae over 50,000,000 
Feet of all kinds of Lumber and Finishing Materia. We are 
making special concession to those who will buy at once. Even it you 
have no use for this lumber at once, it will pay you to buy now. 
We cheerfully invite inspection of our Lumber stock and will 
be glad to have you come direct to our warehouse and yards at Chicago, 
see the lumber we are offering, and you will recognize that it is all we say 
of it; make your own selection and see it loaded. It is not necessary how¬ 
ever to come to Chicago; we sell you by mail very easily and will have no 
trouble to convince you of the desirability of placing ^an order with us. 
Just you send us your lumber bill, and we will easily Show You*. 
On application we will send copies of letters from customers who have 
bought from us. They saved money, why can’t you? Write us today. 
RE-BUILT TRACTION OUTFITS. 
Have been over¬ 
hauled and re¬ 
built. 25 trac¬ 
tion rigs, dif¬ 
ferent makes. 
10 to 25 H. P. 
$200 and up. 
Farm outfits on 
wheels. 8 to 15 
H. P. Full 
specification and photograph if desired. 
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FELT 
dofiNJ* 
Felt Roofing 60c pr.Sq. 
2-ply “Eagle” Brand, 100 
sq. ft.. 6 0c: 3-ply. 9 0c. 
Vulcanite Roofing with nails, 
caps and cement, easy to 
put on; requires no coating. 
108 sq. ft., $1.7 5. Rub¬ 
berized Galvo-Roofing, guar¬ 
anteed for 2 0 years. No 
coating required; per 108 
sa. ft., including nails, caps 
cement for laps. 1 )v $1.50 
WIRE NAILS, $1.50 per keg 
An exceptional op¬ 
portunity to buy a 
keg of nails contain¬ 
ing mixed sizes all 
kinds together, from 
about 3d to 30d at 
$1.50 per keg. We 
do not guarantee the 
assortment. Also nails, one size only to 
a keg, at $2.3 5. Wire Spikes, per 100 
lbs., $1.90. 
HORSE SHOES, $3.75 per keg. 
We offer 2,000 kegs 
of brand new, first-class 
celebrated “ E a g1 e 
horseshoes at $3.75 
per keg when ordered m 
lots of 5 kegs at one 
time; in smaller quanti¬ 
ties, price $4.00. . 
We can furnish sizes 
from No. 0 to No. 7. 
either mixed or o ne kind, to a keg^ 
Gasoline Engines. 
Absolutely r e 11 a bl e, 
economical and durable. 
Impossible to get out of 
order. Electric spark 
igniter and complete 
batteries. ... 
2 H. P. $70 3H. P. $85 
4 H. P. HO 5 11. P. 125 
Other makes up to 25 
Horse Power. 
PAINTS 30 cents PER GALLON. 
Bam Paint, in bbl. lots, 
per gal., 30c; Cold Water 
Paints, celebrated Asbes¬ 
tine brand, outside use, 
fully guaranteed, best as¬ 
sortment colors, 50 lb. 
lots, per lb., 3c. “Per¬ 
fection” Mixed Paints 
per gal., 7 5c. “Premier’ 
Brand, 3-year guarantee, 
per gal.. 9 5c. Varnishes. 
MANILA ROPE BARGAINS. 
Good Manila 
Rope, slightly used, 
all sizes, % in., per 
100 ft., $3.25. 
New Manila Rope 
slightly shop worn, 
per lb., 10c. Wrap¬ 
ping Twine, per lb., 
0c. Galvanized Guy Wire, 100 ft., 
$1.60. Wire Rope and Cable at 
way down prices. Tackle Blocks. Etc. 
PORTABLE FORGE, $4.75. 
Lever motion; with extra 
heavy pipe legs; stands 30 m 
high; 8 in. fan. Larger forges 
like illustration from $6.35 to 
$14.50. We guarantee our 
forges equal or superior to 
anything on the market. 
Write for our full list. 
Blacksmiths’ sledges, un- 
4 4 handled, per lb.. 5c. Hot 
and Cold Chisels. 9c ner lb. 
m 
STEEL ROOFING 
Per 100 Square Feet $1.50. 
TUBULAR LANTERNS ,45c 
Steel Shovels, strongly made, 
30c; Steel single bit axes, 
45c; Double bit axes, 4 0c; 
Large size steel ham¬ 
mers, 25e; Manure 
forks, 4 5c; Hay forks, 
30c; Axe handles, 5c; 
Hack saws, with frame, 
15c; Hand saws, 25c; 
Compass saws 12c; 
Files, 5c; Hatchets 30o 
4-Post Wind Mill Tower $15 
Most economical and durable roof covering known. 
Easy to put on; requires no tools but a hatchet or a ham¬ 
mer. With ordinary care will last many years. Thous¬ 
ands of satisfied customers everywhere have proven its 
virtues. Suitable for covering buildings of any kind. Al¬ 
so used for ceiling and siding, Fire-proof and water-proof 
Cheaper and more lasting than shingles. Will not taint 
rain-water. Makes your building cooler in summer and 
warmer in winter. Absolutely perfect, brand new, straight 
from the factory. $1.50 isour price for our No.15 grade of 
Flat Semi-Hardened steel roofing and siding, each sheet 24 
in. wide and 24 in. long. Our price on the corrugated, 
like illustration, sheets 22 in. wide and 24 in. Iong,$1.75 
At 25 cents per square additional we will furnish sheets 6 
and 8 feet long. 
Our price on Standing Seam or “V” Crimped Roofing is 
the same as on the corrugated. We have other grades of 
Steel and Iron Roofing. I Alrlte for particulars. 
ur A n_„ jL* t„*:„L*to all points East of Colorado 
WC ray ln0 rrGIgnl except Oklahoma, Texas and 
Indian Territory, Quotations to other points on applica¬ 
tion. This freight prepaid proposition only refers to the 
steel roofing offered in this advertisement. Satisfaction 
guaranteed or money refunded. We will send this roofing 
to any one answering this advertisement C. O. D., with 
privilege of examination if you will send 25 per cent of 
the amount you order in cash; balance to be paid after 
material reaches your station. If not found as represented, 
refuse the shipment and we will cheerfully refund your 
deposit. All kinds of roofing supplies, galvanized conduc¬ 
tor pipe, eave trough, steel snips, fittings, etc. 
Galvanized after completion. 
Braced in a most thorough man¬ 
ner. Easy to put together and 
erect. Not the cheap kind. 
Each complete with platform, 
anchor posts and anchor plate, 
worth $21: our price, $15. 
All kinds of steel storage tanks 
from 30 gallon to 10,000 
gallon. 
COMBINATION TOOLS, $2.90. 
. 1,000 of these excellent tools. Here 
is a chance to buy a combination of an 
anvil, a vise, 
a drilling ma¬ 
chine, cut-off 
hardy and 
pipe machine, 
all in one, for $2.9 0. Has no 
equal. The jaws of vise open 5 
ins., face of jaws 3 ins. wide; wt„ 3 0 
lbs. Larger combination, $3.2 5. 
La Gripper Wrench 60c 
Most perfect wrench manu¬ 
factured, patented and im¬ 
proved in every way. Suita¬ 
ble for rods, pipes, nuts, ana 
for general purposes. No lost 
motion; has patent clamp 
to move jaws one-quarter of 
an inch closer together than 
with any other wrench. 
1 o inch.6 0 cts. each 
1 4 inch. . ...70 cts. each 
DOORS, 60c and up. 
1 0,000 doors and 
windows which we will 
close out at a saving of 
10 %. At 60 cents we can 
furnish you an ordinary 
door, good enough for 
general purposes. 
We have a complete 
list of these doors and 
windows, which we will 
mail on application. 
WIND MILL LIFT PUMPS. 
Double acting, 3-way 
pumps .$6.20 
Hand-force pumps. . 3.03 
Syphon spout-lift 
pumps. 
Kitchen force pumps 
Pitcher spout pumps 
Perfection spray 
pumps, best manu¬ 
factured . 
Pumps of all kinds 
3.63 
3.23 
1.65 
2.25 
FARM AND PLATFORM SCALES 
3-ton Steel Wagon Scale 
with 8x14 ft. platform, 
$22.7 5; other 
wagon scales ud 
t o $5.50; 4 0 C 
lb. cap acity __ 
Portable Platform Scales, guaranteed, 
j $ S; Brand new Counter Plat- 
. J form Scales, weighs from % oz. 
t to 240 lbs., $2.25. Brand 
New family Scales, weighs 
from 1 oz. to 2 4 lbs,, 9 0c. 
Wrought Iron Bolts, per lb. 4c. 
Bought at manufacturers’ sale, 1 0 car 
loads of high grade carriage and machine 
bolts, mixed all kinds together, excellent 
assortment, strictly first class. In lots 
of 100 lbs., per lb.. 4c. Also carriage 
and machine bolts: wood screws 10c per Tl> 
DDK* If emiMP 04 DA Juit ths nskt thuiK.iu on'.on..i«, 
1 Dnlwn dlBJinu, Jt.UU churches, barns, hotels, etc. Why not 
_ ._ n v n 
ng it with bright, fresh brick Biding, 
raened st**l. Looks like brick. No 
i decay. Decrease* fire liability. . Im- 
Adaptable for buildings of all kinds. 
Gives thorough satisfaction. Comes in 
1 poi nts of steel roofing. Remember, you 
We are headquarters for brick aiding 
■ ■rTm aril IIIOO (a AA Fine Steel Beaded Ceiling, $2.00 per 
METAL GLILINud, yZ.UU 100 sq. ft. Ideal ceiling for stores. 
offices, kitchens, restaurants, etc. No falling plaster. Always neat and 
attractive. Economical and lasting. Furnished ready to put up No special 
tools required. Comes in sheets 24 ins. x 6 and 8 ft. long. Also used for siding. 
Special Prepaid Freight Offer — We will pay freight on all 
orders for Metal Roofing, Beaded Ceiling and Brick Siding to points east 
of Colorado—except in Oklahoma, Texas and Indian Territo^. Prices to 
se points, freight paid, furnished on application, this F reight Pre- 
Offer oniy refers to these items and does not include any other article. 
these 
pay 
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3Sth and Iron Streets. Chicago, III. 
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