True Confessions, Northern Headlights and the Eastern Star

Fawcett Publications moved their offices to Minneapolis in 1930.

ROBBINSDALE HAS
Progressive Community Spirit
Wide awake Commercial Club
Thriving Religious Institutions
Finest School in the state, well manned and equipped
The BEST WATER (by analysis) in the state
Broad loyal streets-two miles of paving
Thirty minute car service
Four splendid lakes, within or adjacent to its borders
No palaces, no hovels.

This is the 11th post in a series featuring Dorthy Hartig’s History of Robbinsdale.  Mrs. Hartig was active in the Minnesota Women’s Clubs and the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion. She was also President of the Minneapolis Presbyterial Society. The Hartigs lived at 3940 Lake Curve Avenue. Mrs. Hartig is remembered as Robbinsdale’s Girl Scout Troop Leader and in 1978 She helped to organize the Robbinsdale Historical Society.

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