Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| 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 |
|
| Hart, Mrs. Patrick |
From ox cart days to airplane travel...Aged Chaska lady flies to Flordia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/6/1947 |
1 |
|
| Businesses |
Chaska Post Office - Stamp window added at locat post office |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/13/1947 |
1 |
|
| Brelje, William |
Aged Glencoe resident killed by train en route to Chaska |
Transportation: Railroads |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1947 |
1 |
|
| Borgeman, Hulda |
(1867-1947); Died; Resident of Chaska; married name: Hulda Meyer |
- Death Records: CC Index
- Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1947 |
1 |
|
| Halloran, Pat |
Splettstoesser resigns, Pat Halloran appointed as Chaska city clerk - photo |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1947 |
1 |
|
| Weisbrich Chas. |
Obit. |
|
Norwood Times |
2/21/1947 |
1 |
2 |
| Borgeman, Hulda |
(1867-1947); Died; Resident of Chaska; many attended rites; married name: Hulda Meyer |
- Reference Sources: Death Records
- CC Index : Death Records: CC Index: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/27/1947 |
6 |
|
| Sports |
Schalow & Roy Eder will leave for spring training February 27th. The Chaska Cubs lineup for 1947 |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/27/1947 |
6 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Auto Club - Halloran, appointed as club secretary |
Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/6/1947 |
1 |
|
| Baxter, E.A. Mrs. |
Mrs. E.A. Baxter Purchases 80-Acre Farm From Coopers |
Land & Property: Real Estate |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/13/1947 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Chaska erased in sub-district tournament - Lahlon all-conference line- up; also voted most valuable C. H. S. player |
Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/13/1947 |
5 |
|
| Lahl, Wallace |
Hailed as new scoring ace in Chaska High Basketball Circles |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1947 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Chaska |
St. John's Lutheran & the Moravian church, Palm Sunday will herald confirmation (Names Listed) |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1947 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Council - Alderman R. H. Stans heads new council, Roepke vice president |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/10/1947 |
1 |
|
| Schwartz, Carl, Mrs. |
Died, former resident of Chaska. Funeral held at Mound |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/17/1947 |
4 |
2 |
| Soley, George 1887-1947 |
Former resident dies in Mankato, lived in Chaska 20yrs. Age 59 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/17/1947 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Chaska City Council - Council assumes five year lease on ball park |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/24/1947 |
1 |
|
| Hageman, Henry |
Passed away in Mpls., funeral was held at Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/1/1947 |
3 |
|
| Schools |
Honor students named at Chaska High School (Names Given) |
- Education: High Schools
- Children & Youth: Honors |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/1/1947 |
1 |
|
| Klancke David |
Killed while chasing a ball |
|
Norwood Times |
5/2/1947 |
1 |
6 |
| Boegemann, John Sr. Mr & Mrs. |
Commissioner and wife will move to Chaska |
Housing: New Homes |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/15/1947 |
1 |
|
| Kirsch, Ben G. |
Miller and Kirsch purchase Monument business at Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/15/1947 |
1 |
|
| Miller, Elmer F. (Biffer) |
Miller and Kirsch purchase monument business at Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/15/1947 |
1 |
|
| Splettstoesser, Alex 1884-1947 |
Died early Wednesday. Resident of Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/15/1947 |
1 |
|
| Klammer, Mrs. Emma |
The mother of Chaska's Public Library Eulogy in Behalf of Mrs. Klammer |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/22/1947 |
2 |
|
| Splettstoesser, Alex 1884-1947 |
Died, spent all his life in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/22/1947 |
1 |
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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