MAY 5
20 years ago (2003)
“It's incredible,” said Brainerd High School economics instructor Dave Stark. He rounded up some of the seniors in his classes last month to compete in the Economics Challenge, a state competition. None had competed before, but they won two of the three state-wide contests and advanced to a seven-state regional where both finished second.
30 years ago (1993)
In response to concerns about possible long-distance telephone call misuse by county officials, calls made by the county commissioners and the county attorney's office will be investigated. Commissioner Mary Koep says all departments should be looked at, including social services and the sheriff's department.
40 years ago (1983)
Brainerd's City Administrator Study Committee held it's first – and last – meeting yesterday. Don O'Brien chaired the 20-minute meeting. The panel had been urged by aldermen who wanted to explore hiring an administrator, but they quickly found the budget was too tight to hire one.
60 years ago (1963)
(Adv.) Watch Your Savings Grow! Golden Ripe Bananas – 2 lbs. 29 cents; Smoked Picnics – lb. 29 cents; Hills Bros. Coffee – 2-lb. tin $1.19; Kitty Clover Potato Chips – 1-lb. box 39 cents; Vets Gravy-Style Dog Food – 25-lb. Bag $1.19. Schaefer's Model Food Market – Brainerd.
80 years ago (1943)
A double funeral service will be held for the two young girls who have been missing since April 24, and whose bodies were recovered from Rice Lake yesterday. Men in boats aided by two Navy planes had searched relentlessly for any sign of the girls. It appears they drowned while trying to cross the lake in a leaky old boat.
100 years ago (1923)
Charles Lien, state tobacco expert, motored here from his headquarters in St. Cloud to instruct Brainerd farmers in raising tobacco. A number of area growers are interested and will experiment with tobacco this year. Stearns County raises quite a tobacco crop and we might, also.
8/46: First shipment of iron ore on the Cuyuna Range from the Kennedy Mine.
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.
35/46: Brainerd Fire Department. 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: Brainerd Dispatch archives
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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