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tTHLC RURA& NEW-YORKER 
October 21, 1911, 
Our GRAND FREE MILLWORK 
Has Saved the Public 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! M 
Over 5,000 Bargains in Building Material ImM 
Quality, Safe Delivery and n 
Satisfaction 
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single-handed and alone, has carried on the people’s fight against the greed of the Lumber^ 
.rons and the Retail Lumber Dealers. We sell enough building material every year to build a city 
Barons 
of 20,000 homes. 
.. j will ship from 1,200 to 1,500 full carloads out of our warehouses this 
year, and our less-than-carload shipments for the same period will run 
between 28,000 and 30,000. Over 40,000 Doors and 120,000 Windows, and other 
Items of building material in like proportion, are annually shipped to all parts 
of the country from our mammoth plant in Davenport. All our Millwork is 
guaranteed up to the official standard of the Sash and Door Association. 
See How We Cut the Cost of 
High Grade Budding Material! 
In the past five years we have sold Millwork and L umber for more than 100,000 new homes. 
W Samples of 5,000 
Grand Bargains in Catalog! 
The pictures and prices presented here give you some Idea of the way we cut prices on 
Millwork, Lumber and everything used to construct new houses or remodel or repair old 
houses. You will note that our prices average 50 per cent below local dealers prices. I he 
saving on a complete house bill runs into hundreds of dollars. Here are a few examples ot 
our 5,000 bargains: Doors, 77c and up; 4-light windows, 70c; corner blocks, 2c; quarter-round, 
per 100 feet. 25c; stair balusters, 3c; stair newels, $2.57; porch brackets, 5c; porch columns. fcl.bJ; 
oak flooring, per 100 feet, 52c; window frames, $1.15; plate rail, per foot, 4c; corner 
beads, 8c; gable ornaments, 75c; oak thresholds, 4c; grilles, per foot, 80c; flint-coated 
roofing, per roll, 93c; mantels, $12.00. Over 5,000 equally wonderful bargains listed 
and pictured in our free books. Don’t fail to write for them today. 
The Largest Millwork Plant in America 
Selling DIRECT TO CONSUMER! 
We own and operate the largest Independent building material plant in America. 
Hence we are absolutely independent of the Lumber Trust and able to bid defiance to the 
Retail Dealers’ Associations. We carry the biggest, finest stock of new Doors, Windows, 
Millwork and Lumber in the country and load direct from platform to cars, insuring 
quick shipment to any point and saving all drayage charges. 
Building Plans Furnished FREE 
to Our Customers 
Plans Drawn by Our Architects 
Our Architectural Department enables you 
to build with utmost economy. We furnish 
Architects’ Blue Prints and Complete Specifica¬ 
tions to our customers without cost, saving the 
usual architect’s fee of $25 to $200. 
Our Book of Plans is the Standard Authority 
on Home Architecture. All plans prepared by 
Licensed Architects who have specialized on 
high-class, moderate-cost farm and city homes. 
Every house shown has been built time after 
time. Cost never exceeds our estimate. 
It cost us $5,000 to produce this great Book 
of Plans. It’s yours without charge if you send 
pay cost of postage and mailing. 
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Pilaster Casing, 
per 100 ft., $1.80 
Hardwood Thresh¬ 
olds, 3 ft. long, 4c 
Corner Blocks 2c 
Lattice, 
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100 ft., 26C _ 
j Complete! 
Plans snd| 
Specific 
Four-Light Check Rail 
Well-Made Windows,70c 
Write for 
Free Book 
of 50 Plans 
Enclose 10c 
for Postage 
and Mailing 
LUMBER 
At Cut Prices! 
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Our daily sales of 
lumber are enor¬ 
mous. We operate 
a large plant and control the output of others. We guarantee 
our grades. We follow the Official Grading Rules. 
FcflmofoG Fpoo Write for Free Lumber Price List or 
ijijUIlIulvS A A vv send your lumber bill for Free Estimate. 
$698 
buys all the Lumber and Millwork 
for this 8-room house. Plan No. 100. 
Strong Doors, 
White Pine, Carefully 
Finished, 77c 
R 00 FINGW 
108 Square Feet, qq 
G uaranteed 5 Years «f «C 
Write for the Grand Catalog That 
Saves Millions for Home-Builders 
Save your hard-earned dollars! Send for our great Building Material Books and see the 
astounding low prices. Read our sweeping guarantee of quality, safe delivery and satisfaction or 
money back and freight paid both ways. Three big banks baefe up e yery word of it. Our cus- 
tomers, for whom we have saved millions, confirm it. The editor of this paper will vouch for 
every statement we make. Remember, this business has been established here since 18o5, ana 
the very life of our business depends on our “making good.” w r 
Take advantage of our record-breaking reductions from retail prices. Send for our Free Cat¬ 
alogs. make up a trial order and let us prove that lowest prices, high grade goods, prompt ship¬ 
ment, safe delivery and guaranteed satisfac- _ _ _ .. __ - _ _ hiuV MA 
som^great ^lew^ for yoo* Write'at once* GORDON*VAN TINE CO. 
2674 Case St. v Davenport, Iowa 
100 ft. Quar¬ 
ter Round 25c 
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11 h.V|j 
4-Light Barn Sash 39c 
Base, per 100 
lineal feet, 
Yellow Pine, 
$2.79 
if 
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4-Foot 
Porch 
Newels37c 
Porch 
Balusters, 
each, 4c 
Three Big Banks, 
Vouch for Our Responsibility 
Scott County Savings Bank 
Davenport, Iowa 
To Whom It May Concern: 
It gives us great pleasure to testify . 
to the reliability, business integ-^ 
rity and honesty of Gordon-Van 
Tine Co. They enjoy the high^ 
eat credit with Western Fi¬ 
nancial Institutions. We A 
assure prospective cus-^ 
tomers that they are 
perfectly safe 
sending money 
with their 
orders, as wo under¬ 
stand that if goods 
ore not satisfactory 
money will bo re¬ 
funded. 
J. H HAAS, 
Cashier. 
Miaiw 
4 FREE BOOKS! 
GORDON-VAN TINE C0. t 2674 Cas « St., Davenport, Iowa 
Please send the free books checked below. 
Name. 
Address. 
*1,013 {ffiJSSTfisnsSrs?** 3685 M1 ""“ k tor $938 
buys all the Lumber and Millwork for this 
beautiful bungalow. Plan No. 106. 
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I Millwork□ LUMBER □ 
1 Roofing □ Plan BookD 
If you wish Plan 
Book, enclose 10 
cents for postage 
and mailing. 
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