Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1917 — Pittsburg Millionaire In Annual Trip to Kankakee. [ARTICLE]

Pittsburg Millionaire In Annual Trip to Kankakee.

Ira Brainard, Pittsburg millionaire and one of the two surviving members of thenfamous old Pittsburg Gun jOlub, whose rendezvous was at the Kankakee river, arrived in Valparaiso Monday on his way to the river for his annual visit. Mr. Brainard has been coming to the Kankakee for more than forty years. In a few more days he will be joined by Joseph Wainwright, also of Pittsburg. Mr. Brainard is 74 years old and Mr. Wainright 84.