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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 2, 1907. 
Merchandise f--3 Sheriffs’ and Receivers’ Sales 
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Save 30 tosfSO per cent, on your purchases. 
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THE CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING 
Sales. Wrecking prices have come to — 
opportunity seldom occurs. The very best manufacej 
goods in the regular way. but take advantage of 
sale of general stocks. Increasing business < 
OUR BUSINESS I-OF ACTION. 
c & ANY saves you 30 to 50 per cent on staple merchandise from Sheriffs 9 and Receivers 9 
c own as bargain prices. Here you have the most wonderful bargain offering ever advertised. Such an 
O-tides offered at less than original cost of production. That’s our merchandising method. We do not buy our 
(males to secure bargains. Our mammoth plant is the largest in the world devoted to the 
n essitated an addition to our already enormous institution. Over 35 acres literally covered with merchandise. 
Buy To-day. BARGAINS WAIT FOR NO MAN* 
100 lbs. Fencing Wire, $1.50 
Wire in short 
lengths . . . $ 1.25 
Galvanized w i r o 
shorts, 100 lbs.— 
Nos. 9 and 
10.$1.80 
Nos. 11 and 
12.1.90 
No. 14.... 2.00 
BB telephone. No. 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 .OO 
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. 
848.00 buys complete water-works 
utfits; tanks, pump vulves and fittings. 
1-inch Pipe, per foot 4c. 
Overhauled pipe, complete with 
screwed ends and threaded couplings: 
1 inch, per foot. 4c 
1 % inch .... 5c 1 Ms inch.6%e 
Overhauled well casing, with couplings 
complete, good as new: 
1% inch. . . Oc 2% inch.10c 
Field Fencing, 20c per rod. 
Galvanized graduated diamond mesh 
field fencing, 22 in. high, per rod.20c 
3 0 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 us 
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. 
3 2 gal. tank, $2; 
4 7 gal., $2.50; 
7 3 gal., $2.7 5; 
6 bbl., $5.50: 
larger sizes in proportion. 
Cookers, $9.20: -Steel 
$7.10. ~ • ' 
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 dismantlers 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 50 % 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 SHERIF FS 
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 
you. 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 largo 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, wo will take them back and refund your 
purchase price at once. 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 
S 1,000,000.00. We refer you to any commercial 
We built our enormous bu siness b y always giving our C ustomers Absolute Satisfaction 
We Purchased Every Exposition. 
RUGS, $9.40 
8 - wire tapestry 
Brussels in variety 
of colors and de¬ 
signs, size 10 ft. 0 
in. x 8 ft. 3 in. 
Beautiful medallion 
center, red with 
green and tan fig 
ure. Perfect har¬ 
mony. Retail value. 
S 1 8.00 to $25. 
Brass Trimmed Beds, $6.40 
Full size, 
strongly built, 
exactly like il¬ 
lustration. Posts 
1 1-16 inch 
diam., 6 7 inch 
high, trimmed 
with genuine 
brass, enameled 
in either white, 
pea green or 
bluck. 
$11.00 HEATER $6.50 
2 00 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.fG.SO 
1 4 inch. 
1 6 inch.1 5.00 
ROLLTOP DESK, $15.00. 
back. 
HiRh 
roomy 
holes, 
built, 50 differ, 
ent styles, $12.00 
pigeon 
well 
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institution in Chicago or anywhere else. Look ualto $15.00. Office 
up in Dun’s or Bradstreet’s; ask any Express Com-IChairs, Sl.oU up. 
pany; write to the editor of this or any other paper;! Files and UXnce 
if you want more positive proof, write to our de-lpupplies pi ail 
pository, the Drovers’ Deposit National BanK, Ikinde. Write lor 
Chicago! (special list. 
Good Quality Linoleum, 38c yd.j 
Six carloads gen¬ 
uine linoleum bought 1 
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 ^ 
of room. Oil cloth, 
per^qjd^n. 
Best Washing Machine $4.75| 
Usually sells froml 
$8.00 to $ 1 0.00 ;| 
greatest labor, time I 
and clothes saver I 
ever invented. No I 
steam, damp or wet I 
f 1 oors. Absolutely! 
the best manufac-1 
tured. Makes wash-1 
day a pleasure. Any! 
child can ran it. It I 
almost runs itself. | 
Boston Leather Couch, $14.00| 
50 bought 
at Manufac-i 
turers’ Sale;| 
full contin¬ 
uous roll 
diamond 
tufted top. 
Best quality _ _ ,, 
hair filled over durable tow layer. Hand! 
some hand-carved claw-feet frame. Re-| 
tail value easily $24.00. 
Handsome 
Dresser $10.25 
100 of thorn. Swell Serpent¬ 
ine Front. Made of seasoned 
Hardwood, finished golden, 
massivo base, deep draw¬ 
ers, brass trimmings, richly 
carved, 28x22 in., French 
beveled plate mirror. Value 
$17.50. Others $8.25 to $26.50. 
Also Dressing Tables, Com¬ 
modes and everything. 
LUMBER! LUMBER! Send Us Your Lumber Bill for Our Estimate. 
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, tellus whero 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 
absolute satisfaction. We require your good wi.l. 
guarantee 
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. 51,000,000 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 yout 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. 
FIFTYJVHUJON^EETDFJLUMBE^J^OR^^ALE! 
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 if 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 vards 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 coine 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 wo will easily bnow 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. 
lave been ovor- 
lanlod and re- 
milt. 25 trac- 
,ion rigs, dif- 
erent makes. 
.0 to 25 H. P. 
S200 and up, 
l’’arm outfits on 
vheels. H to 15 
H. P. Full 
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pecification and photograph, if .desired 
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 20 years. No 
required; per 108 
including nails, caps 
for Iu^h. 1 ly $1.50 
coating 
sq. ft., 
cement 
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 3 d to 30d, at 
$ 1.50 per keg. We 
do not guarantee the——-;__. , 
assortment. Also nails, one-size only to 
a keg, at $2.35. 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 g_ 1 e 
horseshoes at $a.7i> 
per keg when ordered in 
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 one kind, to a keg 
Gasoline Engines. 
Absolutely re 1 i a bl e, 
economical and durable. 
Impossible to get out of 
order. Electric spark 
igniter and complete 
batteries. __ 
2H P. $70 3H. P. $85 
4 H. P. HO 611. P. 125 
Other makes up to 25 
Horse Power. 
PAINTS 30 cents PER GALLON. 
15am Paint, in bbl. lots, 
per gal., 3 0c; Cold Water 
Paints, celebrated Asbes¬ 
tine brand, outside use, 
fully guaranteed, best as¬ 
sortment colors, 5 0 lb. 
lots, per lb., 3c. “Per 
fection" Mixed 
per gal., 7 5c. 
Brand 3-year 
per gal.. 9 5c. 
u Paints 
“Premier 
guarantee, 
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., _ „ _ 
5c. Galvanized Guy Wire, 100 ft., 
$1.60. W.iro Rope and Cable at 
way down prices. Tackle Blocks. Etc. 
PORTABLE FORGE, $4.75. 
Lever motion; with extra 
heavy pipe legs; stands 30 in. 
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¬ 
handled, per lb.. 5c. Hot 
STEEL ROOFING 
Per 100 Square Feet $1.50. 
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 is our price for our No. 15 grade of 
Flat Semi-Hardened steel roofing and siding, each sheet 24 
. wide and 24 in. long. Our price on the corrugated, 
like illustration, sheets 22 in. wide and 24 in. long,$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. 'Write for particulars. 
•if n -i r _< i. to all points East of Colorado 
W6 P3)f the Freight 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. 
TUBULAR LANTERNS ,45c 
Steel 
3 0c; 
45c 
Shovels, strongly made. 
Steel single bit axes. 
Double bit axes, 4 0c; 
Large size steel ham¬ 
mers, 2 5c; Manure 
forks, 4 5c; Hay forks, 
30c; Axe handles, 5c; 
Hack saws, with frame, 
1 5c; Handsaws, 2 5c; 
Compass saws, 12c; 
Files, 5c: IlntchetB 30o 
DOORS, 60c and up. 
10,000 doors and 
windows which we will 
close out at a saving of 
40 %. 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. 
4-Post Wind Mill Tower $15 
Galvanized after completion. 
Braced in a most thorough man¬ 
ner. Easy to put together and 
erect. Not the cheat) 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 10,00 0 
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 
face of jaws 3 ins. wide; wt., 30 
Larger combination, $3.25. 
La Gripper Wrench 60c 
Most perfect wrench manu¬ 
factured, patented and im¬ 
proved in every way. Suita¬ 
ble for rods, pipes, nuts, and 
for general purposes. No lost 
motion; bas 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. 
. 7 0 cts. each 
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WIND MILL LIFT PUMPS. 
Double acting, 3-way 
pumps .$6.20 
Hand-force pumps. . 
Syphon spout-lift 
pumps . 
Kitchen force pumps 
Pitcher spout pumps 
Perfection spray 
pumps, best manu¬ 
factured . 
Pumps of all kinds. 
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3.231 
1.651 
2.20 
FARM AND PLATFORM SCALESI 
3-ton Steel Wagon Scale 
with 8x14 ft. platform, ^ 
$22.75; other 
wagon scales up ( 
t o $5.50: 4 0 O' 
lb. cap a c i t y 
Portable Platform 
_Scales, guaranteed,. 
$ 8 ; Brand new Counter Plat¬ 
form Scales, weighs from % oz. I 
to 24 0 lbs., $2.2 5. Brandi 
New family Seales, weighs 
from 1 oz. to 24 lbs.. i)0c. 
Wrought Iron Bolts, per lb. 4c.| 
Bought at manufacturers’ sale, 1 0 earl 
loads of high grade carriage and machine I 
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 perTh, 
BRICK SIDING; $2.00 
Ju»t the right thingforstores, houses, 
I . ....... _, t _churches, barns, hotels, etc. Whvnot 
d fix up your old builoing by covering it with bright, fre«h brick Biding. 
Easily put on. Mada of nemi-hardened steal. Books like brick. No 
special tooln required. Prevents decay. Decreases fire liability. # Im¬ 
proves appearance of premises. Adaptable for buildings of all kinds. 
1 We sell immense Quantities. Gives thorough satisfaction. Comes in # 
sheets 24x58 ins. Has all good points of steel roofing. Remember, you 
buy direct from our own mill. We are headquarters for brick siding 
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FREE CATALOG COUPON. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO. 
35th and Iron Streets. Chicago, III. 
I am a reader of the Rural New Yorker. Send me your 
large 500-page catalog, absolutely free as advertised iu this paper. 
Name . 
Post-Office Address . 
R. p. D. No . Post-Office Box No.. 
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■ ■■-Till Aril ■ ii ac ft Aft Fine Steel Beaded Ceiling, $2.00 perl 
MlIAL OtlUNLb, 9 Z.UU 100 sq. ft. Ideal ceiling for stores,! 
offices, kitchens, restaurants, etc. No falling pluHter. Always neat andl 
attractive. Economical and lasting. Furnished ready to put up Nospeciall 
tools required. Comes in sheets 24 ins. x 6 und 8 ft. long. Also used for siding. I 
Special Prepaid Freight Offer— We will pay freight on alll 
orders for Metal Roofing, Beuded Ceiling und Brick biding to points eastl 
of Colorado—except in Oklahoma, Texas and Indian Territory. PriceB tol 
these points, freight paid, furnished on application. Ibis Freight Fre-I 
pay Offer only refers to these items und does not include any other article.T 
OUR NEW 500-PAGE CATALOG No. C. A. 57 FREE 
THIS WONDERFUL BARGAIN BOOK is just out and ready to be sent to you at once. It is a book 
such as every shrewd buyer must have. 500 pages with thousands of items of the very best merchandise and supphea 
bought by us at Sheriffs’ and Receivers’ Sales. It will pay vou to keep it handy. Its pages contain a full *? cord 
what we still have on hand from the wonderful St. Louis World’s Fair. Merchandise, machinery and supplies, articles fol 
everyone. You will find it useful in the home, in the field, in the workshop or in the fhce. Wr e us t#day. 
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