APRIL 13
20 years ago (2002)
Baseball practice started March 18 for every Warrior except J.P. Platisha. He was finishing his USHL season with the Topeka hockey team. He got in three days of practice before entering yesterday's game in the top of the fourth. He proved he doesn't need a lot of practice by hitting the first pitch for a three-run homer.
30 years ago (1992)
Environmental studies have narrowed the Brainerd bypass question to one of three alternatives: build on Option 1, Option 2, or forget the whole thing. Both of the two building options require the same amount of land and cost virtually the same. After a public hearing, the MnDOT commissioner will decide.
40 years ago (1982)
The school board made it official last night, voting 5-1 to close Garrison and Edison elementary schools at the end of the school year. The move followed weeks of debate and will save the district $158,000 at a time of huge deficits. A total of 150 students at Edison and 29 at Garrison will be affected.
60 years ago (1962)
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, returned to the scene of his first Minnesota performance and got a rousing reception at two concerts here. The first, yesterday afternoon, had so many students spilling out onto the gym floor, some were almost sitting in the first violinist's lap.
80 years ago (1942)
A group of Brainerd men, members of the First Service Regiment of the Minn. State Guard, went to Camp Ripley today where they will go on active duty. Col. Henry Mills, Brainerd, commander of the regiment, said that Camp Ripley would serve as training site for men being placed on active duty around the state.
100 years ago (1922)
Duluth and Superior police are mystified as to what happened to Brainerd clothing merchant Edward Levant, who was found shot at 10:15 a.m. near the water's edge in Duluth and later died. He was last seen talking to a friend in front of a Superior drug store at 8:15 a.m. Police have no idea what happened in those two hours.
28/50: People in the Northern Pacific Railroad depot waiting area, circa 1910. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area', Published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
29/50: Chicago Tavern on Gilbert Lake circa 1938-1943. Dancing and food. Al LaBarre was the owner. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area' published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
30/50: State Champion was this Brainerd amateur baseball team of 1894, which later saw two of those players advance to the major leagues. Pictured here are (front row) Frary, catcher; Phyle, rf-pit.; Howe, pit., rf; C. McCarthy, 1st; (middle row) Burgum, shortstop, W.P. Buckley, manager; Hill; 3rd; (back row) W. McCarthy, cf; Blandy, lf; Warner, 2nd. Source: 'Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971'. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1971.
37/50: Brainerd Fire Department. Dispatch archives
38/50: W.E. Lively, the hustling Maxwell auto dealer, has sold a Maxwell to Joseph Johnson. Pictured is a Maxwell Mascotte Touring 1911 by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1526033
39/50: This truck belonged to Silas Hall's Transfer Line just after World War I. It was used for hauling freight from the NP (Northern Pacific Railroad) depot to stores around town as well as for other kinds of moving. The picture was taken in front of the railroad freight office. Before the truck, Silas Hal used teams of horses and wagons which he kept at 415 Main (now Washington Street). Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
40/50: The 1916 Brainerd police force, pictured here, included the following men: The plain clothes men at either end were Jack Brandt (left) and Ted Nesheim; (front row, left to right) Charles Varner, chief, and Tom Templeton. (Rear, left to right) Erick Graff, Hans Saude and August Swanson. Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
41/50: This building at Seventh and Laurel, still a well-known landmark in Brainerd, was the home of the Citizen's State Bank, from 1909 to 1927, when the bank then moved to quarters across the street. This picture was taken in 1913. Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
42/50: The "fill" grounds skating rink, located near Franklin Junior High School, winter of 1938-39. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area', Published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
43/50: People in the Northern Pacific Railroad depot waiting area, circa 1910. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area', Published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
44/50: 60 years ago (1959) (Photo) Robert Dobson, 15, is interested in how long he can keep a kite aloft. He launched a kite at 3 p.m. yesterday near the court house and it's still flying despite a near disaster when a truck caught the kite string. The weatherman says it will remain windy today. Photo illustration, Metro Creative Graphics, Inc.
45/50: Brainerd Dispatch archives
46/50: The state hospital campus on Highway 18.
47/50: Santa takes a ride during a Christmas parade in downtown Brainerd.
48/50: Children crowd around Santa during downtown Brainerd Christmas festivities.
50/50: Brainerd Dispatch archives
