Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Brandenburg, Otto |
Purchased Zuehl house in New Germany and sold his farm to son Ervin |
|
Carver County News |
2/24/1944 |
2 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Sugar City Creamery - Creamery has highest production in 30 years |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/24/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Sugar City Creamery - 180 persons in attendance at banquet |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/24/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Camp Fire Girls - First mother - daughter, banquet. 26 members with their mothers |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/25/1944 |
8 |
2 |
| Meuwissen, Kenneth |
Chaska Sailor Sees tokyo |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/9/1944 |
6 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
American Crystal Sugar Co: Wall collapse, leaves big gap in warehouse in sugar plant |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/9/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Ess Foundry - Fitting testimonial accorded Ess firm(Photos) |
Business & Industry: Blacksmiths, Horseshoers & Wagoneers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/23/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Sports |
Chaska Hight School - Basketball team establishes fine reccord |
Sports & Recreation: Basketball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/30/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Chaska City Council meet to organize for New Year |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/13/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Fahse, Chas. |
Died. |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP. |
4/27/1944 |
2 |
3 |
| Floods - Chaska Locality |
River floods large area -(Picture) |
Disasters: Floods |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/11/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Floods Chaska Locality |
Chaska's newly created waterfront |
Disasters: Floods |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/18/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska chosen as site for new Cargill plant |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/25/1944 |
1 |
3 |
| Floods - Chaska Locality |
Airplane view of flooded area |
Disasters: Floods |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/1/1944 |
2 |
3 |
| Schools |
Chaska & Guardian Angels - 72 students at commencements |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/1/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Churches - Chaska/Guardian Angel's Catholic Church |
Queen of May honored Sunday, in colorful pageant |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Entertainment: Fairs & Pageants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/1/1944 |
5 |
4 |
| Schools |
Chaska & Guardian Angels - Commencement exercises of 2 Chaska schools well attended |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/8/1944 |
1 |
5 - 6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Cargill will begin construction |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/8/1944 |
1 |
4 |
| Anderson, Anne |
High School principal at Chaska for 17 years leaves for position as principal of schools in Albert Lea |
Education: Administration |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Dirkswager, Frank |
Buys Chaska Diner on Hwy 212 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1944 |
1 |
4 |
| Grell, Wm. H. |
Purchased First State Bank of Stewart with A. W. Hoese |
|
Carver County News |
6/22/1944 |
1 |
3 |
| Hoese, A. W. |
Purchased First State bank of Stewart with Wm. H. Grell |
|
Carver County News |
6/22/1944 |
2 |
3 |
| Finances - Chaska |
For fiscal year - March 31, 1944 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Treasurer's Report |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/6/1944 |
7 |
|
| Nystrom, Chas |
Passed away ( 17 years ago) |
|
Carver County News |
7/7/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Getting ready to build |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/20/1944 |
1 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
American Crystal Sugar Co. - Warehouse is being enlarged |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/20/1944 |
1 |
3 |
| Organizations - Chaska/Legion |
American Legion - Service honor roll enlarged |
- Military Activities: Veterans
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/27/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Kelzer, Francis, Mr. & Mrs. |
Moved from Dahlgren to the Fred Ess home in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/24/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Jopp, Louis |
Purchased post office building |
|
Carver County News |
8/31/1944 |
2 |
1 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Sugar night shatters all previous marks |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/14/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Giuett, Chas. |
Killed by frieght train (17 years ago) |
|
Carver County News |
9/21/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
J. F. Farber Property: Work on Funeral Chapel started |
Business & Industry: Mortuaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/26/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Brandenburg, Chas., Mrs. |
Passed away (From 17yrs ago file) |
|
Carver County News |
11/16/1944 |
2 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Eder: Firm erecting funeral home building joins furniture store of Eder & Zamjahn |
Business & Industry: Mortuaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/16/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Auto Club - 75 persons attend testimonial, for the Anderson Canning & Pickle company |
- Government: Organizations
- Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/16/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Gedney Pickle Co. Testimonial program for Gedney at Guardian Angels |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/14/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Churches - Chaska - Moravian Church |
Yule pageant |
- Religion: Denominations
- Holidays: Christmas |
WVH |
12/21/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Organizations/Clubs - Chaska |
Valley Chapter of Eastern Star: Eastern Star has election |
Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/24/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Born, Jerome |
Chaska Sailor in Train Wreck; Unhurt |
Transportation: Crashes and accidents |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/4/1945 |
1 |
|
| Derhaag, William |
died at Chaska, Father of John Derhaag |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/4/1945 |
5 |
|
Information contained in this database has been obtained from the files of the Carver County Historical Society Library; specifically, the newspaper index (in the future to include scrapbooks, family histories etc...). As with any information source, errors, inconsistencies, and accuracy in spelling and content are unavoidable. Therefore,
we suggest checking for alternate spellings when researching individual names or places. We have tried to include alternatives whenever possible.
Some examples of alternate spellings include:
Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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