J. R. Richards has moved his brickyard over to Willis Nye’s place across the B. & N. “Y” where good clay has been found. (The Bemidji Pioneer, Thursday, April 19, 1900, Volume 5, Number 7, Page 7)
J. R. Richard is now making some of the finest brick in the market. He has a line of up-to-date machinery and gets good clay. People who use brick in any way should patronize him. The brick yard adds materially to the greatness of our town. The time is not far distant when ordinance will be passed demanding brick or stone buildings to be erected within the city fire limits. (The Bemidji Pioneer, Thursday, June 14, 1900, Volume 5, Number 15, Page 3)
J. R. Richard, the brickman, returned Monday from Little Falls, where he has been visiting relatives. (The Bemidji Pioneer, Thursday, September 5, 1901, Volume VI, Number 27, Page 7)