Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Cities - Chaska |
Council opens wdater work bids |
Water: Resources Development |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/7/1916 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses |
Chaska Economy - New Economy store with David Cohen as manager |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/14/1916 |
5 |
2 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Waterworks bonds find ready market |
- Water: Resources Development
- Government: Finance and Funding: Bonds |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/14/1916 |
1 |
1 |
| Schwartz, Frank |
Radde & Wollam purchase his Watertown meat market |
|
Waconia Patriot |
9/21/1916 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Thomas Slough sold Rex theatre to William J. Themer |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/21/1916 |
1 |
6 |
| Coghill, Elizabeth caroline |
married Chas. F. Franzen |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/5/1916 |
4 |
2 |
| Franzen, Chas. F. |
Marrried Elizabeth Caroline Goghill |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/5/1916 |
4 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Auto - Excellant automobile market |
Transportation: Motor Vehicles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/2/1916 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Company decides to pay more for beets |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/16/1916 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
John Karels sold confectionery store to John Olson |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/7/1916 |
1 |
2 |
| Gehl, Chas A. & son |
Biggest livestock shipping firm |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
3 |
3 |
| Olson, Emmons |
purchased eighty acre farm from Peter Kleven |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
4 |
1 |
| Schools |
Chaska - Our schools - Our Pride (This issue has 6 banner pages) |
Education |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Local made cigars: George Meyer bought the business that was founded by John Sutheimer |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
WVH (This issue has five banner pages, sectin #4 |
12/21/1916 |
6 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
John Hoehn has one of the largest stocks |
Business & Industry: Grocery Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
5 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Biggest livestock shipping firm (This issue has five banner pages, Section #4) |
Animal Husbandry: Cattle |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
3 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Muyres Bros. Hardware - Sons of pioneer hardware man |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald (Section 6 - Issue has 6 banner pages) |
12/21/1916 |
7 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
New clothing store of H. Rief & Son |
Business & Industry: Clothing & Textiles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
5 |
4,5 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Young's grocery a popular place (This issue has 5 banner pages, this is #4) |
Business & Industry: Grocery Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
4 |
1 |
| Business - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank largest in County (This issue has 6 banner issues, |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
WVH (Section 6) |
12/21/1916 |
7 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
The best flour on earth is milled in this city. Home of White Diamond |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
WVH (Section #4 - This issue has 5 banner pages) |
12/21/1916 |
7 |
3,4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Glass Block Store has fine holiday stock (This issue has 6 banner pages) |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald (Section 6) |
12/21/1916 |
7 |
1,2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Samels Bros. Co. creamery (This issue has 5 banner pages. this is #1) |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
3 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Local sugar finished 1917 campaign last Wednesday (This issue has 5 banner pages, this is #2) |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1916 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Wm. Teske & Son, handle coal, flour & feed |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald (Section #4) (This issue has 5 banner pages) |
12/21/1916 |
6 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Florian Neutgens retires from P. H. Simons, mercantile company |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/18/1917 |
1 |
6 |
| Harvey, Frank |
Purchased an interest in Livery |
|
Waconia Patriot |
2/1/1917 |
5 |
|
| Poppitz, Albert |
Purchased land from C.M. & St. P. railroad |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/1/1917 |
3 |
5 |
| Henke, John |
Purchases partners interest. John Henke will bethe sole proprietor |
|
Waconia Patriot |
2/8/1917 |
1 |
|
| Creamery - Chaska |
Local Creamery Re-elects the old officials. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/15/1917 |
6 |
1 |
| Cities - Chaska |
New city charter - President of council appoints committee of 3. |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/1/1917 |
1 |
5 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Regulars adjourned sessions of city council |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/1/1917 |
1 |
6 |
| Hecklin, Hugo |
for sale brick residence located in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/8/1917 |
5 |
5 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Otto Schmidt sold pool room to Frank Linn |
Sports & Recreation: Pool Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/5/1917 |
5 |
4 |
| Malchow, Chas. (Dr.) |
Former physician died. |
- Death Records: CC Index
- Reference Sources: Death Records
- Social Life & Customs: Funerals |
lph |
4/19/1917 |
1 |
3 |
| Kirsch, Joseph |
Joins partnership in business, purchased half interest conducted by William Schilitsche |
|
Waconia Patriot |
5/3/1917 |
1 |
|
| Knotz, M. J. |
Purchases lot from A. J. Fritz |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/17/1917 |
2 |
3 |
| Cities - Waconia |
Waconia will oil village streets, the city purchased a machine costing $675.00, the ladies donated $350.00. |
Government: Public Works: Street Maintenance |
Waconia Patriot |
5/24/1917 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Council let a contract for the purchase of 10,000 gallons of street oil to the Indian refining co. |
Government |
Waconia Patriot |
6/7/1917 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Hecklin & Meyer sold pool hall to Mr. Ward |
Sports & Recreation: Pool Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/28/1917 |
7 |
1 |
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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