tomc,
As you can, every one has an opinion here.
What you have is a piece of Americana. There was a surge of shotguns being produced circa 1900. The market was highly competitive. Makers often times marketed their wares to hardware stores, sometimes to catalog houses. Most were priced so the average American could afford to them. Hence the moniker hardware guns. Usually, a person had a single shotgun. They used it for everything from rabbits to ducks with an occasional deer for good measure.
Most of these guns were good solid shooters that could put food on the table. Yours is such a gun. It will not hang in a world class museum. It will not inspire lust and envy in those that see it. However, it will be a treasure to those fortunate enough to use it.
Take it to a good smith and have him look it over. Start with the stock. You can pick up decent wood on eBay for under $100 or if you want something special just ask here. You will get a lot of referrals. You can have the existing stock duplicated for about $125. It will still need a final fitting, finished, checkered. If you can do any of that yourself, so much the better. After that then you can decide if needs some more touching up.
Pete