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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 17, 1309. 
HpWRlTE NOW FOR GRAND FREE MILLWORK, ROOFING AND LDMBER CATALOGS 
By selling: Direct to the Actual User of Lumber, Millwork and Building: Material, 
we save you the Immense Profits of Middlemen. Our Catalog: also saves paying 
the Salaries and Expenses of Traveling: Salesmen. These Combined Savings 
amount to at least 50 per cent of Local Dealers’ Prices, and every penny goes to 
our Customers. That’s why we can and do undersell everybody in our line. 
The sample Bargains listed on this page are taken at random from our Grand 
Free Millwork, Roofing and Lumber Catalogs. They represent only a few of our 
Great Departments of Building Material. We can supply you with Everything 
that goes into a Building above the Foundation. 
Whether you order $5 worth or $10,000 worth, we 
I mi a ■ will save you at least HALF. We make the same 
f If AVlf HAflll prices to everybody. The Dealer himself cannot 
CVKl V SJCJU V buy Millwork for less money here or elsewhere 
J j than our prices Direct to You. This is a strong 
■ II linFI) J statement, but absolutely true. Our prices are 
IitIISBLK anG Ground-Floor, Rock-Bottom, and our Goods are 
the Best ^lade. 
best made in America—at an actual Cash Saving of HALF what your Retail 
'mjr Dealer demands—including Freight. 
's Our Grand Free Catalog offers over 5,000 Bargains in Sash, Doors, Windows, 
Mouldings, Roofing and All Classes of Lumber. Every item we sell is Guaranteed 
up to the Official Grades Adopted by the Sash & Door Manufacturers’ Associations. 
In addition to guaranteeing the Quality of our goods, we also Guarantee Safe De¬ 
livery and Complete Satisfaction or Money Refunded Without Delay or Objections. 
We operate the Largest Millwork and Lumber 
Plant in America, sellin'g i£s Entire Product Direct to 
Farmers, Home Owners,'Qarpenters, Contractors ■■■ ■ 
and Builders. We are located mi the Center of the UU* 
Millwork Industry and in the vcryHeart of the Ship- ■■ K I 
ping Belt that affords the Lowesb-^reight Rates w ^ 
Everywhere. x gj| i 
We Carry Immense St'ocjks 
—Quick Shipment Anywhere ROOFI 
Here in our great Warehouse we carry the Largest HHnaHMH 
Reserve Supply of High-Grade Guaranteed Millwork X 
in the World. We load direct from Warehouse Platforms tertmrs on 
Switch Tracks, and ship everything by Fast Freight. This insures F 
to any railroad station in the country. We pack our goods carefully 
Our Catalog of 5,000 Building Material Bargains is crowdett full of a Splendid 
Assortment of the Latest Designs of Millwork, Approved hfr Architects of the 
Highest Reputation. Every item is illustrated and described^oown to the smallest 
detail. Everything is made-eio-elear ancl.Bl^in that anyone can order correctly. And 
we guarantee to send you exactly what you order! Our order-fillers are Experts and 
pick out each article just as carefully as you would if you were here to make the 
selection yourself. 
We have been established here since 1865 and have built up this Enormous Busi¬ 
ness, with Customers in practically every Township in the United States, by giving 
such Big Values, Prompt Service and Satisfaction that all who send Trial Orders 
become Regular Customers. 
See Prices in Free Catalogs, 
Satisfaction or Money Back, 
Why Gordon-Van Tine 
Quality is the Highest 
We control our own Product in every Process of Manufacture, from Tree to Saw¬ 
mill, and straight through the Model Millwork Plant of America to the Warehouse. 
Our Lumber is first Air-dried and then put through a Scientific Drying Process. 
Joints are made with Heavy Hardwood Dowel Pins, glued with Imported Glue and 
pressed together by heavy Steam Power Press. Gordon-Van Tine Doors are 
Extra Strong. The Panels have a heavy raise on both sides and are sandpapered 
on a Special Machine of our own Invention before the Door is put together. 
The entire Door is then smoothed with fine-grained sandpaper. 
All our Millwork is made in the most Painstaking and Workmanlike manner. 
We spare no Expense to make every article we sell a Standing Advertisement 
for our Millwork. Don’t spend a cent on Material for Building or Repairing until 
you see our Catalog. Drop us a postal today and get our Great Free Money- 
Saving Millwork Catalog of 5,000 Bargains. Ask for the Free Lumber Catalog. 
Also the Free Roofing Catalog. 
50 Per Cent CASH SAVING ON 5,000 ITEMS! 
We Saved Our Customers Upward of $1,000,000 in 190S 
Doors 77c 
Windows 73c 
Transoms 33c 
Columns 57c 
Corner Blocks 2c 
Head Blocks 4c 
Hot-Bed jfj'i | 
Sash |jjJ 
Colonial Porch 
Column, 
Scott County Savings Bank 
Capital 9260,000.00 Surplus 9160,000.00 
DAVENPORT, IOWA 
To Whom it May Concern: 
It gives us great pleasure to testify to the 
reliability, business integrity and honesty of 
Gordon-Van Tine Co. Their financial respon¬ 
sibility is well over three hundred thousand 
dollars (S300.000.00), and they enjoy the high¬ 
est credit with western Financial Institutions. 
We assure prospective customers that they 
are perfectly secure in sending the money 
with their orders, ns we understand that if 
goods are not entirely satisfactory, they may 
be returned at shippers’ expense, and the 
money will be promptly refunded. 
The officers of this company are well and 
favorably known to us, and may be relied 
upon to do exactly as they agree. 
Yours very truly, 
J. H. EfASS, Cashier. 
Porch 
Column 
67c 
Barn Sash, 4-light, 
39c 
Porch 
Spindles, ea. ljfo 
y Flight 
of Stairs 
Complete 
524.73 
.. _ offer you 
J-liMfy a splendid variety 
jSIglpr of Stair Materinl in 
Oak and Yellow Pine. 
IS Y Our Designs admit of 
f many Variations. Our 
prices save you from $60 to 
$126 on a complete flight of 
stairs. See Catulog for latest 
Stair Designs. 
Any Banker in America will tell you we are : ■ I "v. 
absolutely responsible. We refer you to the Fancy Front Door Four-Light Check Rn 
Editor of this paper. Price $4.80 well madeWiudows,6C 
Build, Remodel or Repair Houses, Barns, Stores, Churches at 
1 HALF USUAL COST Buy whatever you need to build or repair a building ofj 
■infai uvvnk wwwi any kind, from a corn crib to the finest home, at ourl 
+ cut prices. A new Art Front Door or Window, a Gable Ornament, Beamed Ceil-! 
Good Strong Door 
Price 77o 
Gordon-Van Tine 
GUARANTEED 
ROOFING 
Flint-Coated and 
Fire-Resisting! 
Price per Roll, $(95 
108 sq.ft. |“ 
Our Roofing is Water¬ 
proofed with Genuine As¬ 
phalt and surfaced with 
Flint and Mica. Water¬ 
proof and Weather-proof. 
We sell millions of feet of 
it. at half retail prices. 
Quality and Safe Delivery 
Guaranteed Anywhere. 
Cheapest and best Protec¬ 
tion for Houses, Barns, 
Sheds, Poultry Houses, 
Grannries, Store Buildings 
and Factories. Great thing 
for Sheep Burns on West¬ 
ern Ranches. Every roll 
Guaranteed 6, 8or 10 years, 
according to weight. Easy 
to lay. 108 square feet in 
Porch Millwork at Half Price 
We save you 60 per cent on Columns. Newel 
Posts, Spindles, Rail, Brackets, and everything 
necessary to build any 6ize or style of Porch. 
See Porch designs and prices in catalog. 
Corner 
Blocks 
Each 2e 
100 lineal 
ft. Quar¬ 
ter Round 
25o j 
100 lineal feet 
Casing, 91.76 
kUlOWtlilBl 
Millwork & Lumber for this Fine 7-Room House $g1 Q00 
With Aichit ct’s Plans, BluePrints and Complete Specifications ” I W 
luciuding all Doors, Windows, Exterior and Interior Finish of Guaran¬ 
teed Quality. The above offer is an example of the tremendous saving 
on material for any 6ize and style of house, if you buy direct from us. 
Book of Plans for Houses and Barns FREE plete Plans for 
Houses, Cottages, Bungalows, Barns of all kinds. Latest Architectural l 
Ideas. Best Plan Book in print. Enclose 10 cents for postuge and mailing. 
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The prices will astonish you. 6,000 bona fide Bargains in an almost end¬ 
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where you live or what you plan to do in the way of building or repairing, 
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J GORDON-VAN TINE CO., 
1698 Case Street, Davenport, Iowa. 
2 Gentlemen;— Please send the FREE BOOKS checked be 
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Catalog and Free Samples 
Building Paper 37c 
Straw Board JURSESEL*?? 11c 
Tarred Felt $1.00 
Stair Newel 
Price $2.83 
J Name. 
Sash, Doors, Windows, MouIdjK Millwork and Hoofing of Guaranteed Grade 
Offered by Gordon-Van Tine C^t Tremendous Reductions from Regular Prices 
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Gordon-Van Tine Co. 
1698 Case St. 
Davenport, la. 
