Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Hennepin Show House Largest West of New York Seats 2,928 Persons The largest theater west of New York city, and that means the largest in the United States outside of Manhattan Isle, will be opened to Minneapolis playgoers tomorrow at 12:30. It is the New Hennepin Theater at Ninth street and Hennepin avenue, where the … Read more
The new St. Regis hotel, corner Ninth and Marquette is now complete and will open its doors to the public tomorrow, arrayed in all the splendor and luxury of a modern hostelry. There is no better exemplification of the rapid growth of Minneapolis and upper Marquette than by the Erection of this structure, which means … Read more
CANED Two COLONELS The Proprietors or the Merchants’ Remembered by Employees. Col. F. R. Welz and his partner and son-in-lay, Mr. Frey. of the Merchants’ who will in a ten days retire from the management of that house, were yesterday made the recipients of two fine gold-headed walking sticks. testimonials of the esteem in which … Read more
Minneapolis prides herself in particular upon the appearance of her streets. The city was laid out upon large and liberal principles. Wide streets are the order everywhere, 80 to 100 feet being a common average. The improvement and maintenance of these broad thoroughfares has involved continual and heavy inroads upon the municipal treasury, but the … Read more
AT THE HEADWATERS of the Mississippi, her broad streets and boulevards encircling 22 lakes and161 parks, stands the City of Minneapolis, home of the Aquatennial and summer host to millions of vacationers. But Minneapolis is more than a vacation land. Here are the flour mills that made the city famous. Here more than half of … Read more
The New Charlie’s Cafe Exceptionale is a superb adaptation of the origina French Provincial architecture charming in 1949 as it was at its height in France between 1710 and 1795. Its rustic simplicity was typical of the homes of prosperous farmers, and later, well-to-do landowners and nobility. The fine contrasts of warm honey toned oak … Read more
Patterned after Vatican City’s 2,000 year old “Father Nile”, our very own “Father of Waters” rests in the rotunda of the Minneapolis City Hall. This guy was carved from the largest single block of marble ever taken from the Carrara quarries in Italy. Originally commissioned for the city of New Orleans the enormous statue celebrates … Read more
This cafeteria, a landmark in downtown Minneapolis, has a national reputation for good food. If has been recognized by AAA, True Confessions, numerous trade magazines and in a good food poll in the Saturday Evening Post. “Quantify Cookery”by Richards & Treat, a compilation of their popular recipes, serves also as a text for college students … Read more
Saint Paul in the heart of the Land of Lakes is the capital city of Minnesota, a city whose history teems with events, institutions, and places memorable in the building of the West. You will be attracted by the beauty of this superb city. The majestic “Seven Hills’ gently sloping back from the rivers become … Read more