Lowry Avenue

Telegraph It!

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On April 26, 1956, The Minneapolis Star reported plans by members of the Morse Telegraph Club to send “What Hath Cod. Wrought.” over private wire circuits across America, echoing Samuel F. B. Morse’s historic first long-distance telegraph message sent 112 years earlier in 1844. To commemorate the event, 165 members gathered at Fran O’Connell’s Restaurant … Read more

The New Arion

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The New Arion Theater opened on Central Avenue near 23rd strteet in 1914. The venue made headlines in 1915 when the owners, Kaplan , Rubenstien and Goldman entered into a temporary business contract with  a couple teachers of the younger grades at the Prescott School. The Arion began a series of children’s  matinees . Teachers … Read more