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Saturday, June 4, 2005








This was Brainerd
JUNE 5
20 years ago (1985)

The black bear who visited dumpsters in the Graydon Avenue area has apparently moved on. The black bear, judged from descriptions, is to weigh about 200 pounds. The bear did not threaten neighbors in the area.

30 years ago (1975)

The Brainerd School Board's Building Committee agreed on the location of a proposed football field on the lower site. The field will be surrounded by an artificial turf track.

40 years ago (1965)

Babe the Blue Ox arrived at his new home, the Paul Bunyan Center. The huge statue has come all the way from Kansas City, Mo., on a flatcar.

60 years ago (1945)

Advertisement: Non-rationed shoes $1.49. Sampson's Shoe Store.

80 years ago (1925)

Representatives of large wholesale houses calling on Brainerd merchants travel by automobile as a rule nowadays, mainly because auto transportation has been made cheapest by recent highway improvements.

100 years ago (1905)

Dear Gus: I have solved the mother-in-law problem, just give her regularly Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It will make her healthy, happy and docile as a lamb. 35 cents at H. P. Dunn & Co.










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