NOVEMBER 6
20 years ago (1993)
(Adv.) Stop! You must be 21 years of age to purchase liquor, wine or beer. Photo IDs required at these and other area businesses: Bird’s Nest – Garrison, Bridge Tavern – Crosby, Cheek’s Saloon – Merrifield, and Wagon Wheel – Merrifield.
30 years ago (1983)
Awesome. There isn’t a better adjective to describe Brainerd Community College’s defensive unit in a 14-7 triumph over Vermillion for the Northern Division championship. The Raiders limited them to 92 total yards and four first downs.
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40 years ago (1973)
Two armed men, one of them the accused killer of two persons near Agate Lake, escaped from the Wadena County jail after shooting a sheriff’s dispatcher. The escape was at 8:15 p.m. using a handgun smuggled in during visiting hours by the killer’s girl friend.
60 years ago (1953)
If the $1.9 million school bond issue is approved next Tuesday, construction of the new schools will be spread out over at least 2.5 years. School board members, in a statement today, said this would keep as much of the construction employment local as possible.
80 years ago (1933)
(Adv.) Our sincere apologies to the hundreds of people unable to attend the WLS Radio Barn Dance on our stage. Our thanks to the other hundreds who waited patiently and got in. See the entire show again this afternoon and this evening. Paramount Theatre.
100 years ago (1913)
Hans Pilarski, a farmer in Platte Lake Township, found a wounded hunter in his haystack. The man, who had been there two days and nights, appeared to have been shot in both legs, probably with a rifle. Men, who wouldn’t give their names, came to take him away.
