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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.

By Terry McCollough

April 28, 2022 04:00 AM

APRIL 28

20 years ago (2002)

One person has been arrested on assault charges and two males were hospitalized with broken bones after 12 men rushed into a SE Brainerd home and attacked four men there. Police Chief John Bolduc expects several other men to be charged in what he says is an ongoing dispute between two groups, several of whom are CLC students.

30 years ago (1992)

Shelly Breen and Al Stier were honored last night as the Outstanding Athletes – female and male – at the Warrior All-Sports Banquet. Breen was the first girl to score 1,000 points in basketball, and captained her tennis, basketball and golf teams. Stier, transferred here as a soph, went on to star in football, basketball and baseball.

40 years ago (1982)

Three-sport stars Rob Veith and Ramona Rugloski were named male and female Athletes of the Year during the All-Sports Banquet at Brainerd High School. Rugloski is currently competing in track and also starred in basketball and swimming. Veith is competing in baseball, and also starred in football and basketball.

60 years ago (1962)

(Adv.) Now showing at the Brainerd Theatre! A legend about the winning of the West surges into heroic life . . . as two great stars appear together for the first time. It's John Ford's “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” starring James Stewart and John Wayne, with Vera Miles, Lee Marvin and Andy Devine.

80 years ago (1942)

As draft registration expands to men in the age group of 45 to 65 years, Brainerd men numbering 1,741 registered in the past three days. Complete returns of the registration should be turned in to Al Mraz of the county registration board by noon tomorrow. A total near 3,500 is expected.

100 years ago (1922)

Col. Freeman Thorp of Hubert, noted painter, spoke to students in Duluth. He told of his experience witnessing Pres. Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, where Thorp sketched Lincoln and later made the famous painting which hangs in the U.S. Senate. Lincoln later told him the charge of the 1^st Minn. Regiment was the most remarkable battle charge in history.

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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.

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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.