JANUARY 30
20 years ago (2003)
(Photo) Rachel Loscheider was a first-grader when her father left for service in the Persian Gulf War. Yesterday the tables were turned. The 19-year-old, with the big smile was called up when her National Guard unit was activated. Her dad, Ron; mom, Kathy and brother, Joe, were there to see her off for up to a year in SW Asia.
30 years ago (1993)
A dozen employees at the Trus Joist MacMillan plant near Deerwood have had asthma-like symptoms from alleged exposure to MDI, a bonding agent used in the plants oriented-strand wood products. The company says conditions are safer thanks to a $1.4 million vent system upgrade. Many workers now wear charcoal-filtered masks.
40 years ago (1983)
On Oct. 4, the city council passed a motion that said the city was not obligated to fluoridate its water supply unless unfluoridated water is available for delivery to each city home. Action was delayed, however, until a report on the cost was available. Now, the report is in, and it says the delivery to every house would cost $3 million per year.
60 years ago (1963)
About 250 persons attended a Franklin PTA meeting last night and unanimously adopted a code for junior high students. The code sets 9 p.m. as the hour for junior high students to be home on weeknights, 10 p.m. for 7th-graders on weekends and holidays, and 10:30 for 8th and 9th-graders. There were also standards set for dating and parties.
80 years ago (1943)
Jim Gardner, co-captain of the Warrior basketball team, is back in school and available to play. He enlisted in the Navy at Christmas-time, but has not yet been called up, and so returned to school. Tonight's game against Aitkin has been reset to Feb. 27, due to a timing conflict with the Golden Gloves tournament.
100 years ago (1923)
The flying squad of federal prohibition agents swung from Brainerd into Little Falls last Saturday, and found six quarts of clear moonshine in a banana crate at the V.J. Wielinski grocery store. A pint bottle about three-quarters full was found in the pocket of an overcoat hanging on the wall.
8/46: First shipment of iron ore from the Cuyuna Range
9/46: Snowy train in 1922 Brainerd.
12/46: Paramount Theater in downtown Brainerd.
27/46: 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.
28/46: 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.
29/46: 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.
30/46: Downtown Brainerd, looking down Laurel Street at the South Sixth Street intesection. Brainerd City Hall is on the left.
31/46: The Northern Pacific Sanitarium in Brainerd.
35/46: Brainerd Fire Department by Brainerd City Hall that was later used for the Senior Center. Dispatch archives
36/46: 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
37/46: 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.
38/46: 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.
39/46: 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.
40/46: 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.
41/46: 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.
42/46: Northern Pacific Railroad shops in Brainerd.
43/46: The state hospital campus on Highway 18.
44/46: Santa takes a ride during a Christmas parade in downtown Brainerd.
45/46: Children crowd around Santa during downtown Brainerd Christmas festivities.
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