Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Veterans - Chaska |
Chaska pays tribute to Gold Star War Veterans. |
Military Activities: Veterans |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/6/1946 |
1 |
4, 5, |
| Schools |
Chaska High & G. A. High - 56 seniors awarded diplomas |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/6/1946 |
6 |
1,2,3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Klien Bros. Brick Co - Operation resumes after halt caused by war |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/13/1946 |
1 |
4 |
| Mittelsted, G.W., Dr. |
Will open his veterinarian proctice in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/20/1946 |
1 |
5 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Gas Company: Gas co. opens local office |
Business & Industry: Utilities & Power |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/20/1946 |
1 |
4 |
| Organizations - Waconia |
Fire Department - Site for fire hall is purchased |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Waconia Patriot |
6/20/1946 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Chaska Cubs erased in play off |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/25/1946 |
9 |
1 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Sugar Festival - Ready to welcome festival crowd |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/1/1946 |
1 |
6 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Sugar Festival - Ideal weather |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/8/1946 |
3 |
1 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Sugar Festival - Camera shots/homecoming register |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/8/1946 |
6 |
1,2,3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Lano Body & Fender Works: Begins construction on new bldg. |
Business & Industry: Automotive |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/15/1946 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Coast to Coast store enlarged |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/15/1946 |
1 |
5 |
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
North Star Saddle club, riders win in exhibition |
- Children & Youth: Honors
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/15/1946 |
1 |
6 |
| Brinkhaus, John P., Mr. and Mrs. |
Honor accorded Chaska couple on 50th. wedding anniversary |
Anniversaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/29/1946 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Eder & ZamJahn: Entire front of store given face lift |
Business & Industry: Mortuaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/1/1946 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Phillip's 66 Station - Little station becomes big |
Business & Industry: Automotive |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/5/1946 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Flame Mfg. Company: New industry - Leases Happ Night Club Bldg. |
Business & Industry: Nightclubs |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/12/1946 |
1 |
3 |
| Sports |
Chaska High School - Squad ready for first game, names letterman |
Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/19/1946 |
1 |
1 |
| Grife, Chas. Mr. Mrs. |
50th wedding anniversary |
|
Carver County News |
9/26/1946 |
1 |
4 |
| Van Sloun, George C. |
Purchased the J.M. Kaley Farm |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/10/1946 |
2 |
1 |
| Caldwell, Bernard T. |
Buys Chaska Radio & Appliance Shop |
Business & Industry: Electronics |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/17/1946 |
1 |
3 |
| Chastek, Sylvester John & Maria Lena (nee: Smith) |
Baby Girl: Virginia Mae |
Birth Records |
Norwood Times |
10/18/1946 |
8 |
5 |
| Stans, Henry, Mr. & Mrs. |
Chaska proudly honors local couple on golden wedding day |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/24/1946 |
1 |
1 |
| Churches - Chaska -Guardian Angel's |
Festival proclaimed all around success. Long list of prize winners |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Entertainment: Fairs & Pageants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1946 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Tusy's Idle Hour - Two women extinguish blaze at Tusy's |
- Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1946 |
1 |
2,3 |
| Organizations - Waconia |
Fire Department purchases civilian defense equipment |
Government: Civil Defense |
Waconia Patriot |
11/14/1946 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Crown Drug Store - Adds new fountaine & other new installations |
Business & Industry: Pharmacies |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1946 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Cooper's Store - Warehouse fire amounts to sizabale figure |
- Business & Industry: Grocery Stores
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/26/1946 |
1 |
2 |
| Behrns (Behrens), William Mr. and Mrs. |
91 Year-Old Chaska Couple Wed 68 Years; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Behrns Blessed With Longevity; Have Many Distinctions [see also photo] |
Anniversaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/2/1947 |
1 |
|
| Hammer, Frank A. |
Chaska relatives attend funeral. Was a resident of St. Paul for yrs., cause of death was a heart attack. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1947 |
2 |
|
| Happ, George, Mr & Mrs. |
Purchased the Val Raser residence. Home sold; Norris family on alert for new living quarters |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1947 |
1 |
|
| Raser, Val |
Home sold. Norris family on alert for new living quarters. Home purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Happ |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1947 |
1 |
|
| City of Chaska |
Tax reassessment boosts Chaska into high value bracket |
Government: Departments and Offices: Assessor's Office |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1947 |
1 |
|
| Brinkhaus, J.P. |
Re-elected president. A fireman in Chaska for the past 61 yrs. (photo) |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/16/1947 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Personal Property tax list for 1946 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/16/1947 |
8 |
|
| Sports |
Delegation numbering 250 to attend Chaska Hockey night Jan. 29th |
Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1947 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska Beverage Co: Beverage firm buys property - Acquires warehouse & strip of land - formerly property of Ess Estate |
- Business & Industry: Bottling
- Land & Property: Land Use |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1947 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Teske Coal & Feed Company - Rapid unloading machine added, modern device geared to speed of unloading coal at rate of ton a minute |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1947 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Auto Club - Reaction of municipal athletic field sounded out at club meeting |
- Government: Organizations
- Transportation: Motor Vehicles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1947 |
1 |
|
| Cooper, J. Mr & Mrs |
Coopers buy farm purchased the 80 acre farm in chanhassen township from Edmund Schmidt |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/6/1947 |
1 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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