Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Railroads - Chaska |
M. & St. L. RR - Engine and cars wrecked, rear end collision does considerable damage |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/29/1906 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County Sugar Factory - Pulp is excellent feed |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/6/1906 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County Sugar Factory - Interesting sugar statistics. An observer writes the Herald regarding the sugar industry |
- Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries
- Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/6/1906 |
1 |
|
| Pierson, Peter |
Moved to Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1906 |
4 |
0 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
The First National Bank building, rapidly nearing completion |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1906 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
State Farmers Institute - Chaska will entertain the Farmers at an institute on Thursday |
Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1906 |
1 |
|
| Organizations/Foresters/Chaska |
Foresters - Modern Woodmen & Foresters - Officers elected |
- Environment & Ecology: Forest Preserves
- Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1906 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County Sugar Factory - Facts about the Sugar Factory |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/20/1906 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Regular meeting of the city council held on the evening of Monday Dec. 3rd. Resolution introduced |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/20/1906 |
1b |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank: New Machine - Purchased a "Universal Adding Machine" |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
M. A. Gedney Co. making contracts for next season |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1907 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Choral club - Singing society is organized in this city |
- Arts: Music: Choral
- Clubs & Associations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/24/1907 |
1 |
|
| Schumm, Joe |
"Hamburg Joe" moves saloon business to Chaska. |
|
Norwood Times |
2/8/1907 |
5 |
5 |
| Mathis, Barbara |
Died; formerly of Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1907 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Choral club, making rapid progress |
- Arts: Music: Choral
- Clubs & Associations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Weist & Weber: Formal opening of the new store |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/21/1907 |
3 |
|
| Businesses |
Chaska Flouring Mill - Mill changed hands, mill purchased by W. H. Scott |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/28/1907 |
4 |
|
| Schneider, Joseph |
The Chaska Lumber Company sold two car loads of lumber to Joseph for the construction of his elegant new residence |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1907 |
5 |
2 |
| Organizations - Chaska |
Chaska Choral Club - The choral club concert will be a grand affair (The 1st concert) |
- Arts: Music: Choral
- Clubs & Associations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1907 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Choral club, proved a success, was very well attended |
- Arts: Music: Choral
- Clubs & Associations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/17/1907 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Buy new boiler - Committee buys new boiler for electric light plant |
Business & Industry: Utilities & Power |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1907 |
4 |
|
| Dehnel, Paul F. |
publisher of the Chaska Review left for Milwaukee, Wis., where he is now located. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/2/1907 |
5 |
3 |
| Churches -Chaska /St. John's Lutheran Church |
New addition: The congregation decided to build a brick veneer addition to the church |
- Religion: Churches: Lutheran
- Buildings: Churches |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/23/1907 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska High School: Class to graduate - The class numbers eight |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/30/1907 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
The Soldiers National Day - Memorial Day will be fittingly observed |
Holidays: Memorial Day |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/30/1907 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska High School graduated class of 8, Friday evening, May 31, 07 - Photo of the class & superintendent H. G. Blanch |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/6/1907 |
1 |
|
| Electricity |
A number of manufacturing plants at Chaska will soon be run by electric power |
Business & Industry: Utilities & Power |
Young America Eagle |
6/28/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank: Declare dividend - Carver County State Bank declares semi-annual dividend |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/11/1907 |
1 |
|
| Baseball - Chaska vs Gophers |
White Diamonds of Chaska vs Colored Gophers |
|
LP |
7/25/1907 |
1 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Weekly Valley Herald - Break in machinery |
Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/15/1907 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Baseball - Photo of St. Paul Colored Gophers who will play the Chaska White diamonds here next Sunday |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/5/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Creamery building sold - Purchased by Samels Bros. |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/19/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank: Making improvements - Installing & overhauling the burglar alarm system |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/26/1907 |
1 |
|
| Peterson, George W. |
Has been selected by Attorney General as the Successor for Royal A. Stone, assistant attorney general. Well known in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/10/1907 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska High School notes: Interesting incidents of events in our house of education |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/17/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank: Frank White installed a fine Kellogg Mackay Cameron system of hotwater heating in the bank building |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/17/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County Sugar Company - Sugar factory is running |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/17/1907 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Chaska/Moravian Church |
Sunday School Convention: Convention was a brilliant success (Photo of Church) |
Religion: Schools |
WVH |
11/21/1907 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Schmidt's Glass Block Store - The store that adverties a big sale. The store that always advertises & appreciates your patronage (Photo) |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
WVH |
11/21/1907 |
4 |
|
| Meyer, Lena |
Weds Martin Roers in Chaska. |
|
Norwood Times |
11/22/1907 |
1 |
5 |
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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