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This Comfortable Home Only $886 
No waste space. Compact, particularly well arranged and very 
convenient. An ideal farm residence. Three large cheery rooms 
and spacious entrance hall downstairs. Four big, comfortable 
bedrooms. Ample closet room. Bath. This home is shown in 
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Catalog. 
thing. 
Builders’ Hardware 
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Cylinder front door lock set, 
illustrated, dull brass or antique 
copper finish on genuine bronze 
$5 f,0. Otlier similar styles at 
$1.55 and $2.10. 
Everything you need; Hinges, 
Locks, Door Sets, Window Sets, 
etc.—and all at about the cost 
prices at which dealers them¬ 
selves buy. See pages 118 to 144 of 
Profusely illustrated. Shows every- 
Jap-A-Top Shingles and Roll Roofing 
One of the most popular and 
fastest-selling brands of roof¬ 
ing and shingles on the mar- 
Book of 150 Plans FREE 
For the 
Postage 
ket. Beautiful, durable, 
faced with genuine slate. 
Guaranteed for 15 yrs. 
Two colors — Ked and 
Grayish Green. 
Diamond Point Edge 
(looks like shingles) per 
roll of 108 sq. ft., $3.00. 
Straight Edge per roll 
of 108 sq. ft., $2.25. 
SHINGLES— Price per sq. 
of 424 Shingles, $4.75. See 
Catalog, pages 117 to 125. 
Sur- 
Wall Board 
Comes in sheets ready to 
lay. Goes on dry. Cold- 
proof. Beat3 plaster; costs 
« less to lay. "Quality” 
Wall Board, 1,000 sq. ft. 
$21.00. For special offers see 
Catalog pages 104 to 107. 
Stair Work 
Front Doors 
Craftsman A(in 
front) 2 ft. 8 in. x 
6 ft. 8 in., $9 20. 
3 ft. x 7 ft., $9.50; 
Majestic (door be¬ 
hind) 2 ft. 8 in. x 
6 ft. 8 in., $10.35; 
3 ft. x 7 ft., $12.40 
Each 1 3 4 in thick. 
Polished bevelled 
plate glass. Best 
oak with built-up 
core. Architect¬ 
urally correct de¬ 
signs. We carry 
Quality Varnishes 
"Quality” Brand FloorVarnish won’t 
scratch or mar white; qts. 60c; gals. . „ . . , „ 
$1.75; 6gals. $8.50. Outside Spar Varnish $23,93. Materials for all kinds of 
for surfaces exposed to weather, qts. stair work in stock. Prompt de 
68c; gals. $2.50. Flat Varnishes giving “jery. Catalog exposes secrets 
the appearance of a rubbed surf ace, qts. ^ s ^ a,r building; explains 
62c; gals. $2.25. For full list see catalog bow to binld your own. 
Storm Doors 
. As illustrated, from 
BarnsandSilos 2 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. to 3 ft. x 7 
A complete flight of stairs as low as reasonable 
-^ -> Americas 
pages 94 to 103. 
Thin Oak Flooring 
Put down a beautiful 
hardwood floor—you can 
lav it yourself, in double- 
quick time. Costs less 
than carpet. We recom¬ 
mend our special Thin 
Oak Flooring. See 
catalog pages 72- 
73. Price per 100 
Lineal Feet80c. 
Services of our 
“Quality” Paints 
Quality House free. See cata- 
Paint, per gallon log pages 70 to 
:an,$1.22. In 25 or 60 73. 
;a!.barrels,price per 
gallon, $1.10. Fur¬ 
nished in all shades 
and colors. Quality 
Barn Paint, per gal¬ 
lon,88e.Paint Brush¬ 
es, each. 12c. Paint 
Brushes, oval, each 
25c. See Catalog 
pages 94 to 101. 
Now is 
Cheapest Time' 
in Ten Years to 
Remodel. Fix up 
The Old Home 
lumber house can 
give you lowest 
E rices. Complete 
arns $200 up. See 
page87of Plan Book. 
Also write for our 
newSilo circular. All 
hoops adjusted from 
ground. No guy 
wires. Holds more. 
Wholesale prices. 
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largest der * See catalog page 30, 
Inside Doors 
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One and two panel fir doors— 
best quality. _ Beautiful grain 
takes stain, oil finish or painis 
equally well. Prices $1.86 to $4.62 
according to p—; 
size. See cat- |r| 
alog pages 20 
to 24. 
Storm Sash 
An enormous 
stock atbargrain 
prices. Wo save 
you about half. 
A 11 standard 
sizes. Special 
Save Big 
Money on Lumber 
sizes to order. Made cxclusive- 
lly from selected white Pine. 
1 Prices 68c to $3.85 according 
to size.See 
c n t a log 
pages 31-2 
Everything in lunjber ready for immediate delivery to 
you anywhere. In car lots, we can save you $100 to 
S300 a car. All graded in accordance with Ruies of the 
Lumbermen’s Association. Buy at wholesale; take the 
dealer’s profits for yourself. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Our immense yards connect direct with 26 lines of rail¬ 
way. We ship lumber everywhere. See Special Lumber 
Insert in Catalog Page 80. 
Fancy Windows 
Plain or fancy windows; all 
sizes. Check rail windows, 70c 
up. Plain rail glazed. 76c up. 
Transoms, 38c each. 8xl0 window 
tflasu 3 l-2c per light. See cata¬ 
log pages 44 to 46. 
These are drawn from actual photographs 
farm-house was remodeled into a fine colonial residence through the assist¬ 
ance of our Plan Department. A new porch was added. A new front door with 
side lights was set in. New dormer windows in the roof converted the attic into 
a fine big room. And the entire house was given two coats of “Quality” Paint. That 
was all that was done to make this wonderful change in appearance. 
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