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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
February 18, 1911, 
BUY BUILDING MATERIAL 
at 50 Cents on the Dollar! 
Quality, Safe Delivery and Satisfaction Guaranteed or MONEY BJkGK f 
Goods Shipped Direct from Our Mighty Miliwork Plant—NO MIDDLEMEN! 
GRAND MILLWORK AND SUPPLIES CATALOG PREL^ 
“Uncle Sam' 
i> Our 
Traveling 
Man 
5,000 Bargains Ready 
Doors, Windows, Mouldings, Flooring, Frames, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Roofing—Everything! 
We are selling high-grade guaranteed Building Material of every description at 50 cents on the dollar. If 
you want to save 50 per cent of the prices demanded by retail dealers, here is your chance. Simply put 
your name and address on the coupon and “Uncle Sam” will bring you our Grand Free Catalogs of over 
5,000 Bargains—everything required to put up a new building or modernize an old one. Here in our great 
new fireproof plant, built of solid concrete, we carry the largest, finest stock of building material in the world. 
Build That House or Barn NOW and Save Money in Big Chunks! 
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To celebrate the completion of our new fireproof plant, we have started a sale that has 
startled the country. So great are the price reductions, so vast and varied is the stock, 
so wonderful are our new facilities for quick shipment, that the public is simply 
paralyzed. If you are ever going to build, if you are ever going to remodel or 
repair your house, barn or other buildings, if you are ever going to buy Building 
Material, now, now, now is the accepted time—the supreme opportunity to 
save big money— to make every dollar go twice as far as before. Such stu¬ 
pendous bargains, such money-saving offers, such high quality for so little 
money, may never, never, never come again. Delay may cost you dearly 
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Over Half a Million Customers! 
Solely through our Grand Free Catalogs and the Big Values offered 
therein, we have built up a patronage extending from ocean to ocean. 
Over half a million satisfied, enthusiastic, loyal customers on our books! 
You can’t put your finger on the map of the United States without 
locating a Gordon-Van Tine customer! We have been in the Building 
Material business since 1865. Our business motto is the Golden Rule. 
Every article we ship is guaranteed, and we refund every 
penny and pay freight both ways if goods are not absolutely 
satisfactory. Three big banks vouch for our reliability. See 
our rating in Dun’s and Bradstreet’s Commercial Agencies. 
Ask our customers. Get the 3 Big Free Catalogs and see prices. 
W© Ship Promptly. Two 
railroad tracks, each witu 
1 double loading platform, ex 
tend the entire length of our 
1 warehouses. No drayagre! 
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W $100 to $300 ^ 
$100 to $300 
on Every Carload Shipped! 
Ask for our Free Lumber List, which gives cut 
Three 
Big Banks Certify 
to Our Reliability! 
Scott County Savings Bank 
Capital *250,000 Surplus 9160,000 
Davenport, Iowa 
To Whom it May Concern: 0 
It gives us great pleasure to testify to the 
reliability, business integrity and honesty of 
Gordon-Van Tine Co. Their financial responsi¬ 
bility is well over three hundred thousand dollars 
($300,000.00), and they enjoy the highest credit 
with western Financial Institutions. 
We assure prospective customers that they 
are perfectly secure in sending the money with 
their orders, as we understand that if goods 
aro not entirely satisfactory they maybe re¬ 
turned 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 os they agree. 
J. II. HASS, Cashier. 
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Our prices save you from $60 to $125 on stairs. 
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(1 ft 97 builds this 8-room house complete. 
\\o will furnir.h you all the Lum¬ 
ber and Miliwork, including plans, for $098. 
buys Lumber. Barn Sash and other 
necessary material for this burn. See 
Plan Book. Wo sell a tremendous 
amount of barn mnterial—everything 
from foundation to cupola. Our prices 
enable you to build burns or a com¬ 
plete set of farm buildings at a saving 
that will astonish you. Scud us list 
of materials for free estimate or got 
our great Book of Plans for Farm 
Buildings and see the big saving wo 
guarantee. The barn shown here is 
only one of thousands built from 
Gordon-Van Tine materials. Build 
that barn NOW and save money! 
Plan Book FREE! 
Over SO Designs for Houses, Barns, 
Cottages, Bungalows, Granaries, 
Hog Houses, Poultry Houses, Etc. 
This great Plan Book wins out because It 
is practical and gives the latest ideas on 
farm architecture. Gives complete designs 
for fifty Houses, Cottages, Bungalows; 
Farm, Dairy and Cattle Barns; Corn Houses, 
Granaries, Cattle Sheds, Hog Houses, 
Wagon Sheds, Implement Sheds, Cribs, 
Automobile Houses, Poultry Houses, etc. 
Every building shown has been actually built at the prices stated. The handsome 
houses shown at the right-hand side of this page are taken from our Plan Book. Note 
the low cost for lumber and miliwork! The book is free. Send 10c for postage and mailing. 
CO AT A builds this 7-room houso complete, 
yf |4 I *t will furnish all Lumber and M 
including plun9, for $1,022. 
We 
iliwork. 
etc., etc. Our yards 
different railroads. 
are connected with 26 
Water-Proof and Fire-Resisting 
FLINT-COATED 
Per Roll of 108 
square feet « • 
1- Ply, $1-00 
2- Ply, $1.25 
3- Ply, $1-50 
of feet of FHnt-Coated lioofing, made 
of genuine Wool Felt, waterproofed 
with Asphalt, surfaced with Flint and 
Mica—at less than half regular prices, 
for quick clearance. Every roll guaran¬ 
teed 5, 8 or 10 years, according to 
weight. Ask for Free Hoofing Catalog. 
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Stand on &j 
How to Remodel Old 
Uaiiaaa at Very Low Cost 
HOIISIS for Materials 
Our Grand Free Miliwork Catalog gives 
valuable ideas for modernizing old houses 
—tells how to add stairs, porches, mantels, 
plate rail, etc., etc., at lowest possible cost. 
Costs only a few dollars to double the 
attractiveness of an old-fashioned house. 
Estimates FREE 
Send List of Materials Needed 
and See What We Can Save You 
Our Estimating Department makes no 
charge forgiving complete itemized figures 
on material for any kind of a building. 
Send list of materials wanted, or figure it 
out yourself, from our catalog. 
»« eil builds this 7-room house complete, we 
l*» will furnish nil Lumber and Miliwork, 
including plans, for $1,057. 
Why Pay Two Prices 
for Miliwork, Lumber, Etc.? dor-Id 1 ™! 1^ 
$4 090 builds this beautiful bungn 
vAjAvU plote. We will furnish all Lumber and 
Miliwork. including plans, for $868. 
Buy from us in any quantity—at wholesale prices —less than the retail 
dealer pays. We undersell everybody because we save you the middle¬ 
men’s profits. Whether you buy $5 worth or $5,006 worth, you get our 
lowest prices, and our guarantee of quality. Safe delivery and satisfac¬ 
tion or every dollar refunded. 
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Bargains i n Mantels Grand Miliwork Sale 
Colonial 
Porch Column 
Beautiful Mantels. Grates 
and Fireplace Fittings al¬ 
most given away. You will 
be surprised at the small cost. 
Grand Free Catalog gives pic¬ 
tures, prices and descriptic 
Porch Miliwork 
SLASHED! 
Every farm home should 
have a porch —an out¬ 
door living room. Put up 
a porch at small expense. 
See Catalog for prices on 
ail porch material. 
Porch 
Brackets 
to Celebrate Completion of Vast New Concrete Warehouses 
These special prices are limited to this Grand Miliwork Celebration 
Sale—to celebrate the completion of our enormous new concrete mill- 
work plant. NOW is your opportunity to buy at a tremendous saving! 
Send Your Name and Address at Once! 
Write immediately. Use the coupon or write a letter or postal. This 
Is important. Get possession of the great money-saving, price-cutting 
catalogs. Get your name on our Free Mailing List for extra Bulletins as 
fast as they are issued. (46) 
GORDON-VAN TINE C0. f 2238 Case St., Davenport, Iowa 
GORDON-VAN TINE CO., 
2238 Case Street, Davenport, Iowa 
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