Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Sugar Beets - Sugar factory gets new supt. |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/30/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Hahn, A. A. |
Purchased store & properties of Mrs. Alice Hale in Belle Plaine |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Carver County News |
4/30/1936 |
2 |
2 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Girl Scouts, big crowd at affair, Sunday. Gir scouts receive badges, promotions during program |
Children & Youth: Honors |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/30/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| Flood - 1936 |
Chaska residents take to row boats, dike halts flood water |
Disasters: Floods |
Waconia Patriot |
5/2/1936 |
3 |
|
| Bridges |
Work on new bridge in West Chaska under way. |
Landmarks & Monuments |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/7/1936 |
1 |
2 |
| Hoese, Paul |
Purchased Percheron stallion Duke of Bryn Mawr |
Animal Husbandry: Horses |
Carver County News |
5/7/1936 |
2 |
3 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Developments on new play ground site for city are coming rapidly |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/7/1936 |
1 |
3 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Mayor, health officer call for clean up within city |
- Government: Officials: Mayor
- Health & Welfare: Public Safety |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/14/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Cities - Chaska/Carver County/Parks |
Chaska now has fine grounds for picnics |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/21/1936 |
1 |
3 |
| Lundstrom, Lorraine |
Chaska H.S. honor students ranked high |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1936 |
1 |
2 |
| Ruediger, George |
Chaska boy starting store in Minneapolis |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1936 |
1 |
1 |
| Cities - Chaska/Government |
Council selects election board for June vote |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/4/1936 |
1 |
2 |
| Cities - Chaska |
City going thru its yearly time of repair, beautifying |
Neighborhoods & Districts: Beautification Projects |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/4/1936 |
1` |
3 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Bids for sidewalke & approach at new city hall |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/4/1936 |
5 |
5 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Contest for sugar queen selection opens today; Celebration nearing |
Entertainment: Fairs & Pageants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/18/1936 |
1 |
1,2 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Girl Scouts, 3rd jubilee will be noted |
Anniversaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/18/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Soap Box Derby is latest addition to sugar day program of events |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/25/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Cities - Chaska/Government |
Council accepts $7,200. bid for new well, lastest type |
Water: Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/2/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Council accepts $7,200 bid for new well; latest type |
Water: Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/2/1936 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Council awards contract on new city pump house |
Water: Steam Power |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/2/1936 |
1 |
1 |
| Schools |
Chasak Public Schools - Speaker urges 9 month terms - 650 attended commencement of Rural schools of County |
Education: Rural Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/9/1936 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Sugar Day & Homecoming is next weekend |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/9/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| Cities - Chaska/Government |
Chaska council proceedings |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/16/1936 |
3 |
3 - 6 |
| Sports |
Chaska Cubs defeat turned into late win - Cubs trailing 9-5, come through victors by 10-9 |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska school officiers were elected |
Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Schools |
Chasak Public Schools - School one of few in survey - only 200 picked from over 27,000 in United States |
- Education: Public Schools
- Land & Property: Surveys |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
|
| City of Chaska |
New city hall practically ready for occupancy: Is historic place served its purpose after 53 years, the old City Hall will soon be vacated (Photo) |
- Buildings: Halls
- Landmarks & Monuments: Historic Buildings |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
|
| City - Chaska |
After 53 years, the old City Hall will soon be vacated (Photo) |
Buildings: Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
5 |
| Cities - Chaska/Government |
New well gushes water at depth of 192 feet |
Water: Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
5 |
| Cities - Chaska |
New city hall practically ready for occupancy, is historic place |
Landmarks & Monuments: Historic Sites |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
4,5 |
| Cities - Chaska |
New well gushes water at depth of 192 feet - The new source of the city's water supply was found late Saturday |
Water: Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Rebuilt theater to have grand opening Saturday |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1936 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Palace theater rebuilt theater to have grand opening Saturday - Modernistic lines followed in plan to rebuilt movie place |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1936 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Clerks office is moved, City clerk Fred U. Splettstoesser was moved to the new city hall |
Buildings: Government |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| City of Chaska |
2 accidents on speedway thru city within 2 days - 1 smash-up lucky escape from death for car occupants |
Transportation: Crashes and accidents |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1936 |
1 |
|
| Radtke, Mr & Mrs Paul |
purchased a home in South Minneapolis last Wednesday |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/6/1936 |
1 |
3 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Fire Dept - 3 fires in 4 days keep smoke-eaters busy. Serious peat fires burning in 2 sections of county |
- Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/6/1936 |
1 |
|
| Braunworth, Irwin W. |
Chaska man is on trip around the world |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/13/1936 |
1 |
|
| Gayner, Seymour N. |
Chaska business Man wedded at Dassel-Married dorothy Marie Peterson. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/13/1936 |
1 |
|
| Gongoll, Charel (Charles) |
Fire at the Chas. Gongoll Farm; occupied by Fred Schuette and Family |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/13/1936 |
7 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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