Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1909 — Barney Minebrook Champion Fisherman of This Section. [ARTICLE]

Barney Minebrook Champion Fisherman of This Section.

Local fishermen will have to take off their bats to Barney Minebrook, from south of town. In company with several others he spent several days this week fishing on the Kankakee river. Thursday evening he returned home, bringing with him a 16 pound pickerel, which he caught, and which is the champion catch of the season.