Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Many of our good friends ask, why is there a shortage of Fannie farmer old time candies? Why do Fanny Farmer shops remain open only a few hours daily? Briefly here are the reasons: The needs of our fighting men for sugar, chocolate, and cream make fewer of these fine foods, important in the making … Read more
St. Paul’s United States Post Office and Custom House sit above the Mississippi River at 180 Kellogg Boulevard East. Located next to Union Depot and the city’s bushiness district, the facility was at the center of the city’s postal operations for much of the glorious twentieth century. When the original building was completed in 1934, … Read more
Completed in 1917, this building houses the state’s oldest institution. Since 1849, before Minnesota was a state, the society has been collecting, preserving, and interpreting the objects and records which document the story of Minnesota was a state, the society has been collecting, preserving, and interpreting the objects and records which document the story of … Read more
The finest dance hall on that side of the river was the Prom Ballroom. The St. Paul institution got off to a good start when it opened with a performance by Glenn Miller in 1941. The Prom played host to all sorts over the years. Count Basie, Buddy Holly, Lawrence Welk, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash … Read more
Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities, U. S. A.) form practically one community. Their limits merge without visible separation. Twenty six of the twenty-nine railroad lines serving Minneapolis also serve St. Paul. Four interurban electric lines and fast motor buses connect their business districts. Together, they constitute one of the largest and most important … Read more
The St. Paul Athletic Club, corner 4th and Cedar streets, has a frontage on 4th street of 112 feet and 100 feet on Cedar street and is founded on broader lines and will cover a much wider scope and field of usefulness in the community at large than similar organizations in the country of its … Read more
Brewing and malting are amongst the great industries of St. Paul. The three indigenous and five agency establishments in this business have an invested capital of $5,000,000, and employ several thousand men. The Theo. Hamm Brewing Co., Minnehaha and Greenbrier, operates the largest plant. Following are a few interesting statistics relative to the business and … Read more
The headhouse of the new union Depot at Saint Paul was thrown open for public inspection last Sunday. Thousands of enthusiastic Saint Paul lights visited the station and admired the beauty of its interior decorations. The cost of the headhouse was $1,000,000. It will take another 4 years to make the other necessary changes including … Read more
Bounded by Fourth and Jackson streets on the south and east, and St. Peter and Eighth streets on the west and north, with extensions on West and East Seventh. If we are near to Robert street, we will do well to start from the corner of Fifth, on Robert. where we find with in two … Read more