Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Field Staff of Minnesota Sugar Co. remember general manager Fenton on New Years Day |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/3/1918 |
1 |
1 |
| Organizations/Foresters/Chaska |
Foresters - Woodmen install officers |
Environment & Ecology: Forest Preserves |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1918 |
1 |
5 |
| Agriculture - Chaska |
First fair of 1918 here next Saturday. Chaska's first fair and market day |
Agriculture: Produce, miscellaneous |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/24/1918 |
1 |
5 |
| Cities - Chaska/Water |
City fathers in 1st meeting in New Year. Resignation of Theo Spangenberg, Wm. Brinkhaus succeeds him. Clerk instructed to bill users of city water |
Water: Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/24/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Organizations - Waconia |
Fire Department - Waconia will purchase new chemical fire engine |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Waconia Patriot |
1/24/1918 |
1 |
|
| Taylor, Harold R. |
Attorney Taylor gets state office. Former Chaska boy appointed law commissioner |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/31/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Organizations - Waconia |
Fire Department - Village council purchases Nott chemical fire engine |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Waconia Patriot |
1/31/1918 |
1 |
|
| Gehl, Chas. A. |
sold meat Market to albert Leivermann |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Leivermann, Albert |
Bought meat market from Chas A. Gehl |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chas A. Gehl sold meat market to Albert Leivermann |
Business & Industry: Grocery Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Creamery report shows splendid year's business. Stockholders of Sugar City creamery in annual meeting |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1918 |
1 |
6 |
| Government - Chaska |
Water works tangle straightened out |
Water: Water power |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/21/1918 |
1 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Sugar beets at Dassel |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/28/1918 |
1 |
5 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Crop improvement car coming |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/1/1918 |
1 |
6 |
| Plocher, Edward |
Purchased the business & buildings owned and operated by the Lymon-English Lumber Co. |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/7/1918 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Victoria |
Lyman-English Lumber Co. - Edward Plocher purchased the business & buildings owned and operated by the Lyman-English Lumber Co. |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Waconia Patriot |
3/7/1918 |
1 |
|
| Plocher, Edward |
Purchased Lyman-English Lumber Co. at Victoria |
|
St. Boni Star |
3/8/1918 |
1 |
2 |
| Mahlke, Paul |
Purchased the Fred Schlueter residence |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1918 |
5 |
2 |
| Government - Chaska |
City council in regular session |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1918 |
1 |
5 |
| Goldschmidt, George |
Purchased Lenz Saloon |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/21/1918 |
1 |
|
| Lenz, Louis |
George Goldschmidt purchased Lenz Saloon |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/21/1918 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Lenz Saloon - George Goldschmidt purchased Lenz Saloon |
Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns |
Waconia Patriot |
3/21/1918 |
1 |
|
| World War 1 |
Chaska suffers her first casualty in great world war |
Military Activities: World War, 1914-1918 |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/28/1918 |
1 |
1 |
| Svihel, John |
Purchased Hopkins News from the Hlavecek Estate |
|
St. Boni Star |
3/29/1918 |
1 |
4 |
| Schools - Chaska |
St. John's Lutheran School: Teachers conference held here during the past week |
- Education: Private Schools
- Education: Teachers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1918 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska Herald - Herald may buy Carver newspaper |
Communication: Newspapers |
Waconia Patriot |
4/11/1918 |
1 |
|
| Government - Chaska |
City council organizes for fiscal year |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1918 |
1 |
1 |
| World War 1 |
Chaska boy writes from France |
Military Activities: World War, 1914-1918 |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1918 |
1 |
3 |
| Government - Chaska |
Assessors of the county met here Thursday April 11th |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1918 |
1 |
1 |
| Schools |
Chaska District 5 school board has several meetings - W. C. Odell resigns as president of the board and is succeeded by Mr. C. H. Klein |
Education: Administration |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1918 |
6 |
1 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Martin Boettcher of Gibbon purchased the saloon business operated by John Moonen |
Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns |
Waconia Patriot |
4/25/1918 |
8 |
|
| Dietzel, Charles 'Chas |
Obituary |
|
Norwood Times |
5/3/1918 |
1 |
6 |
| Dietzel, Charles 'Chas |
Death Notice |
|
Norwood Times |
5/3/1918 |
8 |
1 |
| Dietzel, Charles 'Chas" Gundo |
Obituary |
|
Wkly. Valley Herald |
5/9/1918 |
2 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Frank a. Barth sells business to B. Millerbernd |
Business & Industry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/9/1918 |
2 |
6 |
| Dietzel, Charles 'Chas" Gundo |
Obituary |
|
Norwood Times |
5/10/1918 |
1 |
5 |
| Lenz, Charles F. |
Purchased the Louis Lenz Saloon at Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/23/1918 |
5 |
4 |
| Cities - Chaska/Sewer |
More sewers ordered after people petition for same |
Environment & Ecology: Wastewater Facilities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/23/1918 |
1 |
6 |
| Bruhn, Chas Sr. (Mrs. ) nee Anna Zeorb |
Died-Obit |
|
St. Boni Star |
5/24/1918 |
1 |
4 |
| Jaekel, Herman |
Purchased the Mike Zahler residence in Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/30/1918 |
3 |
4 |
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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