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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 10. 1910. 
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LDING MATERIAL 
at 50/Cents on the Dollar! 
Quality, Safe DeEvery and Satisfaction Guaranteed or MONEY BACK / 
Goods Shipped Direct from Our Mighty Miilwork Plant—NO MIDDLEMEN! 
GRAND MILLWORK AND SUPPLIES CATALOG EDE^x 
"Unde Sam” 
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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 
6tartled 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. 
I We Ship Promptly. Two 
Irailroud tracks, each with 
double loading platform, ex 
tend the entire length of our 
1 warehouses. No drayage ! 
Three 
Big Banks Certify 
to Our Reliability! 
Scott County Savings Bank 
Capital $260,000 Surplua 9160,000 
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 responsi- 
bility iswellover three hundred thousand dollars 
($3(10,000.00), 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 
are not entirely satisfactory they may be re¬ 
turned at shippers’ expense and the money 
will be promptly refunded. The officers 
of this company are well and favorably 
known to us, nnd may be relied 
upon to do exactly ns they ngree. 
J. U. HASS, Cashier. 
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Our prices save you from $60 to $125 on stairs. 
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C| 007 builds this 8 -room house complete, 
visual We will furnish you all the Lom. 
her and Miilwork, including pluns, for $698. 
buys Lumber. Bnrn Sash nnd other 
necessary materia) for this barn. Set) 
Plan Book. We sell a tremendous 
amount of barn material—everything 
from foundation to cupola. Our prices 
enable you to build barns or a com¬ 
plete set of farm buildings at a saving 
that will astonish you. Send us list 
of materials for free estimate or get 
our great Book of Plans for Farm 
Buildings and see the big saving we 
guarantee. The barn shown here is 
only one of thousands built from 
Gordon-Van Tine materials. Build 
that burn NOW aud 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 miilwork! The book is free. Send 10c for postage and mailing. 
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*9 MIA builds this 7-room bouse eompie 
I *1 will furnish nil Lumber and Miilwork, 
including plans, for $ 1 , 022 * 
How to Remodel old Estimates FREE 
U*h*aa at Very Low Cost 
Houses for Materials 
Our Grand Free Miilwork 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. 
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. 
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r $100 to $300 ^ 
on Every Carload Shipped! 
Ask for our Free Lumber List, which gives cut 
prices on Rough and Dressed Lumber, Dimension, 
Joists nnd Timber. Siding. Flooring. Ceiling. Iin- 
isliing Lumber, Fencing, Ship Lap, Lath, bhingics. 
etc., etc. Our yards are connected with go 
different railroads. 
Water-Proof and Fire-Resisting 
FLINT-COATED 
ROOFING 
Per Roll of 108 
square feet ■ . 
1- Ply, $1.00 
2- Ply, $1.25 
3- Ply, $1.50 
Another big cut in Roofing! Millions 
of feet of Flint-Coated Roofing, made 
of genuine Wool Felt, waterproofed 
with Asphalt, surfaced with Flint nnd 
M ica—at less than half regular prices, 
for quick clearance. Every roll guaran¬ 
teed 6, 8 or 10 years, according to 
weight. Ask for Free Roofing Catalog. _ 
Bargains i n Mantels Grand MlllWOrk Sale 
to Celebrate Completion of Vast New Concrete Warehouses 
These special prices are limited to this Grand Miilwork 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) 
CIA builds this 7-room house complete. We 
V*,0 !•» W ni furnish all Lumber and Miilwork, 
including plans, for $1,057. 
Why Pay Two Prices 
for Miilwork, Lumber, Etc.? d^I 
CO 00Q builds this beautiful bungalow com- 
v 4 ! 4 "® plete. We will furnish all Lumber und 
Miilwork, 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 S5.000 worth, you get our 
lowest prices, and our guarantee of quality. Safe delivery and satisfac¬ 
tion or every dollar refunded. 
Beautiful Mantels. Grates 
nnd Fireplace Fittings al¬ 
most given away. You will 
be surprised at the small cost. 
Grand Free Catalog gives pic¬ 
tures, prices and descriptions. 
Porch Column Porch Miilwork 
SLASHED! 
Every farm home should 
have a porch—an out¬ 
door living room. Put up 
a porch ut small expense. 
See Catalog for prices on 
all porch material. 
Porch 
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GORDON-VAN TINE CO., 2016 Case St., Davenport, Iowa 
GORDON-VAN TINE CO., 
2016 Case Street, Davenport, Iowa 
Please send the FREE BOOKS checked below to 
Name. 
Address. 
Occupation ___.___......__ 
Any of following books free. Check the ones you wish. , 
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