Laughter, Falling Water and Time
ICE PALACE, St. Paul, Minn.—The jeweled, winter castle of King Boreas, ruler of the annual carnival that has earned Saint Paul the title of the “Winter Sports Capital of the Nation”. Five stories high, of modernistic design, it is composed of 30,000 blocks of ice, 3×2 feet in size, weighing 5,000 tons, separated by strips … Read more
Gov. Floyd B. Olson and Mayor Gerhard Bundlie of St. Paul, will officiate at the corner stone laying ceremony for the new state office building, Park and Aurora avenues, St. Paul, at 11 am. Wednesday. A history of the building, copies of current architects’ drawings of the building, minutes of the building commission and a … 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
The 1884 red wooden caboose sits on a transfer table once used to move railroad cars at the former repair shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1885 and now on the National Register of Historic Places, the old Como Shops are part of the new business- residential complex known as Bandana Square. A … Read more
Ivy Clad Standing tall and beautiful in the twilight hush is Central, dear Old school. with whom parting, we feel, is impossible. Though we may leave our high school through graduation, never can we forget it in Our innermost hearts, nor can its inviting nooks and shady corners ever be— come dimmed in our memory. … Read more
A club organized principally for social purposes. The club house, tennis court and golf links are located At west end of Marshall Avenue, overlooking the Mississippi river. The original Town & Country Club grew out of the clubs and civic organizations that created the city’s annual Winter Carnival. In 1887 the club began meeting in … Read more
Como Park- A landscape park, about two and one-half miles from city, on Como;-Harriet car line. One of the largest parks in the Great Northwest, containing about 425 acres. There are many points of interest in this park, including a Newly-Constructed Pavilion, a concrete structure costing $40,000.00, situated on the west shore of Lake Como, … Read more
The Hamm Building is built on property where the home of the bishop the St. Paul Cathedral once stood. In 1914 the land was purchased and the house was removed to make way for a new department store. The project stalled and funding was delayed during the First World War. These obstacles were swept away … Read more
Going east on Sixth street you will notice an array of electric lights, make the entire street nearly as light as day. It was through the energy of the Sixth street merchants that these grand illuminations were first started; and now we have most of Seventh street, Robert street from Fourth to Eighth and Jackson … Read more