Hotel St. Regis

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

The Crystal Motel

CRYSTAL MOTEL 5650 Lakeland Ave. No.. Minneapolis 28, Minn. (County Rd. 10 U. S. Highways 52 & 218) In the Heart of the Shopping Centers and only 10 min. to the Loop. Free Inn Room Coffee – Individually-controlled Heat – With and Without Air Conditioning – also Kitchenettes & TV. Phone: 537-9947 Area Code: 612

A Home for the Aged

A ‘Haven of Rest’ where the aged are welcomed and surrounded with kindness, having the great consolation that they will be assisted until the very end of their lives by the Little Sisters of the Poor. 215 Broadway, N. E. Minneapolis 13, Minnesota. The Little Sisters of t ho Poor are doing a grand and … Read more

The Merchants Hotel

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

It’s Pink!

CENTURY MOTEL “IT’S PINK” On Hwy. 494 (Penn Ave. Exit) 2631 W. 78 st., Minneapolis, Minn. 55431 PHONE: 869-7595 20 Deluxe Units — Individual Heat — Color TV Room Phones — Air Cond. Units

Champlin Milling

EGGLESS CAKE Two cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 cups buttermilk or beaten sour milk, 2 level teaspoons soda, 1 tea- spoon each of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 31/2 cups Champlin Best Flour, 2 cups chopped raisins, 1 cup chopped English walnuts. Add nuts and raisins last. Bake slowly. CHAMPLIN MILLING CO. Champlin Best … Read more

Where we Walk and Ride

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

Pumping Station!

The water supply of Minneapolis is obtained from the mighty Mississippi River through an intake pipe reaching the some distance up river from the city limits. Pumps force this water into reservoirs from which it is distributed through the mains and pipes by gravity.

Meeker Island Lock and Damn

Construction on Lock and Dam No. 2  began at the end of the 1890, and was finally completed in 1907. The structure featured a small lock for steamships. People on the fun side of the river called this the Meeker Island Lock and Dam because it was built near the enchanted island named after its … Read more