Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Mertz, John |
Buried at the Moravian church at Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
1 |
|
| Molnau, Gustave |
Purchased brick for a new farm home to be built in the summer by Firle & Lapinski |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Golden Standard Creamery Assn: (Starting co-operative, officers elected; resolution passed to purchase White's creamery for $800.) |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska Opera House sold (Henry Jaeneche sold it to Leonard Dircks & Teddy Lindenberg; they will put in electric lights |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
1 |
|
| Luebke, William |
Another Farm sale( Henry Laasch purchased his Watertown 120 acre farm; William looking for another farm to abuy |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/7/1900 |
1 |
|
| Laasch, Henry |
Another farm sale( purchased 120 acres from William Luebke near Watertown) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/8/1900 |
1 |
|
| Toole, Chas |
sold his Klondike saloon property to J. A. Madden |
|
Carver County News |
2/8/1900 |
1 |
3 |
| Matthews, Gus |
Has purchased the last 80 acres of Warren Place |
|
Herald Journal |
3/9/1900 |
1 |
1 |
| Crysler, Chas. H. |
Married Mathilda A. K. Kubasch |
Marriage Records |
Carver County News |
3/22/1900 |
5 |
4 |
| Strandquist, John |
Purchased the Olaf Olson farm |
|
Carver County News |
3/22/1900 |
5 |
2 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Fire department - Annual report of the chief engineer of the Chaska fire dept. |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/22/1900 |
5 |
|
| Churches - Chaska/German Lutheran Church |
Notice to: Contractors, bids to be let for the construction of a brick building |
- Religion: Churches: Lutheran
- Buildings: Churches |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/29/1900 |
1 |
|
| Mohrbacher, Paul |
Has purchased for new home |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/5/1900 |
4 |
|
| Muyres, M.H. |
New lumber yard. Purchased a lot from Mrs. C. Fink to be used as a lumber yard. Shed already built on premises |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/5/1900 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Greiner & Corning Brickyard purchase the kiln sheds, lumber & posts of the Schlafle yard |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/5/1900 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Greiner & Corning Brickyard: A car load of flower pots - New pottery plant made the 1st shipment lask week |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/5/1900 |
8 |
|
| May, Thos. R. |
Sold farm north of Chaska to Paul Schug |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/12/1900 |
4 |
|
| Tietz |
Purchased a house and moved it off land purchased by Lutheran Cong. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/12/1900 |
5 |
|
| Schools - Chaska |
Notice of meeting of Chaska Indep. school dist.(Discussing need to buy more land and erect another school house) |
Buildings: Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/19/1900 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Dahlgren |
New road grader - city just purchased the grader |
Government: Public Works: Street Maintenance |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/26/1900 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Benton |
Schneider & Walter Feed Mill - Benton, just purchased new mill |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1900 |
4 |
|
| Bongard, Gerhard |
Ex-treasurer arrested at Olds, N. W. Territory Canada by Oscar Hicks of Minneapolis-is now in county Jail in Chaska. |
Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/10/1900 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Ancient Order of United Workmen - Starting a degree of honor lodge at Chaska |
Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/10/1900 |
5 |
|
| Esterly, Chas. A. |
Lost a new-born son |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/17/1900 |
4 |
|
| Pauley, N.E. |
Purchased a home in Chanhassen |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/17/1900 |
9 |
|
| Mueller, Herman |
2 Chaska boys drown, Herman and Otto Mueller. No witnesses but small children playing at Eder's clay hole had seen them earlier. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/7/1900 |
1 |
|
| Priess, Fred |
buildingf a new residence North of Chaska of brick veneer |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/21/1900 |
1 |
|
| Railroads |
The C. M. St. P. Ry-Co. crew are putting in a stell bridge to replace the old one which span the Minnesota River at Chaska |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/21/1900 |
5 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church ordered 600,000 Chaska bricks from Klein Bros. for new church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/21/1900 |
5 |
|
| Blackketter, Chas. |
Adopted 3yr. old boy |
|
Carver County News |
6/28/1900 |
5 |
1 |
| Bruns, John |
Chanhassen farmer purchased lots and a home in Hopkins to use as rental property and later a retirement home |
Land & Property: Real Estate |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/5/1900 |
5 |
|
| Gran, Wm. H. |
The Review up to its old tricks. Article castigates a paper edited by Mr. Gran called the Chaska Review |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/26/1900 |
8 |
|
| Electricity Light contract award |
The Robinson & Cary Co., St. Paul is contracted to furnish The Triumph Electric Apparatus & Buffalo Forge Engine to Chask's plant |
Business & Industry: Utilities & Power |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/26/1900 |
8 |
|
| Harvey, Jacob |
Purchased farm of Alois Hartman |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/9/1900 |
8 |
0 |
| Schlecther, Jacob |
purchased Bandimer Hotel and Saloon in New Germany |
|
Carver County News |
8/9/1900 |
5 |
1&2 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Agricultural Fair Ass'n, election of officers & fair plans |
- Agriculture
- Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/9/1900 |
5 |
|
| Harvey, Jacob |
Purchased farm of Alois Hartman |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/16/1900 |
1b |
|
| Craven, P.F. |
Purchased the family home after one of the family decided not to sell the property |
Land & Property: Real Estate |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/30/1900 |
8 |
|
| Rhebein, Chas., Mr. & Mrs. |
St. Boni. Died their Infant of almost 6 mo Sadie, she is buried at Mayer. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/30/1900 |
8 |
|
| Craven, P. F. |
Purchased homestead from his father Patrick Craven |
|
Carver County News |
8/30/1900 |
1 |
3 |
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