Binding My Twine

THE BINDER WHICH MAKES A SHORT PLEASANT HARVEST, AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER OF THE APPLEBYS. It is built under the supervision of Mr. J. F. APPLEBY the patentee, and the greatest care exercised in every detail of its construction. Among its many good points are the following: DOUBLE PACKER TRIP; the only trip striking back … Read more

The Country Store

The original “KISSIN CUZZIN COUNTRY STORE” 28 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, Minn. Features over 300 varieties of old-time candies in an atmosphere that takes you back to the “good old days” with unique gifts, Early American scented candles, antiques and reproductions. Unique Gramma and Grampa decor. Come Downtown! Visit our happy store and have fun!

That Twine Binder

The Minneapolis Harvester Binder HAS ESTABLISHED ITS SUPERIORITY For close cutting, to secure lodged and short grain. For absolute certainty in binding, using the least twine, and binding tightest bundles. For perfect separation of bundles, uniform in size, allowing better shocking and stacking. For a Reel easily adjusted. while in motion, to all positions required, … Read more

Pillsbury’s Best

A Saving of One-Fifth Flour. Pillsbury’s Best Flour is the cheapest flour also with which to make Pies and Cakes. Pastry recipes usually are made for flour containing much less gluten than does Pillsbury’s Best Flour. In following recipes, except such as are made especially for Pillsbury’s Best Flour, use one-fifth less flour than such … Read more

Griggs & Cooper

Dear Green Jeans, While at the “Minnesota Stale Fair”,  Shaveless Hardjaw and I plan to visit the large factory illustrated on the other side. They tell me that here, under one roof are manufactured a larger variety of foods than are manufactured in any other similar organization in the United States. Shaveless is anxious to … Read more

Cleaning on the Crest

MODEL’S RUG DEPARTMENT is under the personal supervision of Paul Moukalian, Oriental Rug Expert, whose vast experience both in the Orient and this country assures you of the correct treatment for every rug texture. Model cleaning will restore the original freshness and colorful beauty of your rugs and give many extra years of service. And … Read more

Fortune and the Fate of the Twin Cities

In April, 1936, Fortune magazine hired Austria-Hungary-born American writer and illustrator, Ludwig Bemelmans for an exhaustive article profiling the rather bleak fortunes of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I can almost hear our local boosters howling across the years. Fortune painted thoroughly unflattering, gloomy picture of the metropolis at the center of the most radical state … Read more

Brown & Bigelow

Brown & Bigelow was founded in 1896 by Herbert Bigelow and Hirm Brown. Throughout its history, Brown & Bigelow has been a St. Paul resident. In its first 11 years, the firm outgrew three locations and then settled on a 17-acre site that was once the Lexington horse race track in the Hamline-Midway area of … Read more

At the A Mill Then and Now

The Pillsbury A Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held the title of largest flour mill in the world for 40 years. Completed in 1881, the building housed two of the most powerful direct-drive waterwheels ever built, each generating 1,200 horsepower.The building was added to the National Register … Read more