That’s a smashing logo, Magnet Inn, but I have questions.

100 years ago #OTD
Wed., Oct. 13, 1920
Willmar (Minn.) Tribune
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov , @librarycongress
UPDATE: Answers in abundance (!) in a lengthy followup ad. And it’s something to behold. The section about walking distances is particularly wonderful.

Magnet Inn, no further questions.

Wed., Feb. 2, 1921
Willmar (Minn.) Tribune
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov , @librarycongress
UPDATE 2: Back a few years to the Magnet Inn origin story.

🧲 Why the name?
🧲 What’s the coffee philosophy?
🧲 What’s the role of restaurant empathy?

Wed., Oct. 17, 1917
Willmar (Minn.) Tribune
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov , @librarycongress
UPDATE 3: We return momentarily to the present as the excellent Scottish power pop band @Brontosauruspop takes this thread to a magnificent new level.
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