September 8, 1900
The Minneapolis Journal reports that the mayor's office will have a private bathtub.

November 8, 1903
A heat from a fire in the Leonard Paulle Show Case Factory on Third Avenue breaks $3,200 worth of windows on the city side of the City Hall and Courthouse. None of them have been insured because the building is supposed to be fireproof.

January 2, 1906
Ford Brothers Glass Company contracts to make and install windows of art glass in the rotunda at five dollars per square foot.

October 28, 1908
The Minneapolis Journal reports that visitors are wearing down the exposed big toe of the Father of Waters.