The Oak Grove

230 Oak Grove Street (Same as 17th St.) Midway between Nicollet and Hennepin. Minneapolis’ new distinctive six-story absolutely fireproof apartment hotel. The highest achievement in apartment hotels. the “Oak Grove” meets every need of modern life. Combining convenience and comfort, refinement and luxury. The Ideal dwelling place for those desiring the homelike atmosphere and privacy … Read more

Sleepy at the Sherwood

In the late 1960s, when I was living at the Sherwood Hotel on Nicollet Island. Nice place. It had hot and cold running cockroaches and the beds were actually the back seats of old Buicks. But it was a place where a man could do so some serious thinking, and it was the ideal setting … Read more

See you at the Sheridan!

The Sheridan Hotel’s three story section at S. 12th Street and Marquette Avenue built back in 1923. The 10 story tower on 11th Street was added in 1926. In the late 1950s, the owners spent about $500,000 to modernize the shorter sections and create a new motor hotel. The tower was converted for use as … Read more

Ford Plant

BEAT ST. PAUL! To CELEBRATE the opening of the new Twin City Ford Plant, St. Paul Ford dealers have planned a citywide campaign, to begin this week. Civic organizations, business houses and private citizens of St. Paul have combined with St. Paul Ford dealers to close all possible sales and make an possible deliveries of … Read more

Pike’s Plaque

Fort Snelling, the U. S. Government Reservation of 2,300 acres, was the first fort of the Northwest. The plaque reads: To Honor the Memory of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1st Lt., U. S. A., who on Sept. 23rd, 1805, acquired for the government by Treaty with the Sioux Nation the site of Fort Snelling. This tablet … Read more

Down at the Dyckman

Make the Dyckman Hotel your Minneapolis address. Comfortable beds in quiet rooms refresh you for next. day’s labors. A big, modern hotel right in the heart of the downtown section, with rates that will appeal to anyone wants a great deal for her money. A hotel in every sense of the word. HOW ABOUT A … Read more

Come to the Curtis

You’ll like the warm and friendly greeting that awaits you just inside the doors Of the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis. Three generations of the same family management have built a reputation for alert and friendly service quick to fulfill your slightest wish anticipating most of them! The traditional friendliness and cheerful atmosphere Will make your … Read more

Lovely Loring Park

LORING PARK One of many parks located in this city of lakes and parks, Loring Park is within walking distance of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. FLOWER GARDENS, LORING PARK Here on the very edge of the downtown business district; Loring Park is one of the beauty spots of the Northwest with its spacious lawns and beautiful … Read more

Gluek, Gluek, Gluek’s

During the last five months, sales of Gluek’s Beer in Minneapolis have increased a great deal more rapidly than sales of any other beer! An impartial census of grocery stores, drug restaurants, cafes—everywhere that beer is sold—shows that Minneapolis has made up mind about beer. THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN IS SAYING “GLUEK’S”. For two or … Read more