| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Organizations - Chaska/Scouts |
Boy Scouts - Legion endorses the boy scouts |
Children & Youth: Programs: Boy Scouts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/20/1919 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Ship 52 car loads of sugar beets |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/4/1919 |
1 |
3 |
| Government - Chaska |
City council has important meeting |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1919 |
1 |
3 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Community Tree proves popular - Chaska had its first community X-mas tree last Thursday evening |
Holidays: Christmas |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/1/1920 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
New industry about to open. Dutoit - Lewis - Klammer Corp. ready to pen new shirt & overalls factory in White Bldg. |
Business & Industry: Clothing & Textiles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/12/1920 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Making changes in store: Have greatly improved their store during the last few weeks |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne Department) |
2/12/1920 |
2 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Farmers Livestock Shipping Ass'n, organized here |
- Government: Organizations
- Animal Husbandry: Cattle |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/26/1920 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Sugar City Oil Company: New enterprise organized here with J. P. Brinkhaus as president |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/4/1920 |
4 |
|
| Eieselein, Adolph, Sr. (1834-1920) |
Minn. pioneer passes away. Former resident of Chaska and Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/18/1920 |
10 |
|
| Marczynski, Julia 1844-1920 |
Death of former Chaska resident |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/25/1920 |
10 |
|
| Kartes, Mathew |
The Chaska Land Co. sold the Math Kartes residence to Paul Mahlke of Chanhassen |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/8/1920 |
1 |
1 |
| County Seat |
Chaska fires opening gun deadly missile was only filled with hot air |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Waconia Patriot |
4/29/1920 |
1 |
|
| Carver County Courthouse |
Chaska fires opening gun |
Government: Agencies & Authorities |
Young America Eagle |
4/30/1920 |
1 |
|
| Carver County Courthouse |
Grand jury members say Chaska doesn't tell truth |
Law & Justice: Juries |
Young America Eagle |
5/7/1920 |
1 |
|
| Arctander, John W. |
Died; formerly of Chaska |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/13/1920 |
8 |
|
| Cemeteries |
Lutheran Cemetery Assoc. organized by St. John's Lutheran Church, Chaska. |
Cemeteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/13/1920 |
1 |
5 |
| Organizations - Chaska/Scouts |
Boy Scouts - Scouts troop committee issues, appeal for funds to equip boys with uniforms for Memorial Day |
- Children & Youth: Programs: Boy Scouts
- Children & Youth: Charitable Activities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/13/1920 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska High School - Class of 1920 ready for diplomas |
Education: High Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/27/1920 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
The National Hotel - Discontinues Dining Room - But will specialize on furnished rooms |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/3/1920 |
1 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
National Hotel - City's leading hotelry |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald (This issue has 5 banner pages, this is #4 |
6/3/1920 |
3 |
2 |
| Roads |
Yellowstone Trail: Chaska tells a big one |
Transportation: Trails |
Waconia Patriot |
6/10/1920 |
1 |
2 |
| Carver County |
'County Seat Fight Ends Next week' for whether or not the court house shall remain in Chaska or move to Waconia. |
|
LP |
6/10/1920 |
1 |
3-4 |
| Carver County |
'County Seat Fight Ends Next week' for whether or not the court house shall remain in Chaska or move to Waconia. |
|
LP |
6/10/1920 |
5 |
3 |
| Carver County |
County seat fight for courthouse, Chaska or Waconia |
Government: Planning & Growth |
LPN |
6/10/1920 |
1/5 |
3-4/3 |
| Carver County |
( County Seat Fight Week Ends Next Week) for whether or not the courthouse shall remain in Chaska or move to Waconia |
Buildings: Government |
LP |
6/10/1920 |
1&5 |
3-4 & |
| Cities - Carver |
Piled up big vote for Chaska at the special count seat elections |
Politics & Elections: Elections: Special |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/24/1920 |
7 |
|
| Cities - Chanhassen |
Chanhassen Villiage goes 1 hundred per cent for Chaska |
Government: Sister Cities |
WVH (Chanhassen Department) |
6/24/1920 |
6 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Chaska victor in county seat fight, bitterest contested fight in the history of Carver County closed with victory for Chaska |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/24/1920 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska/Scouts |
Boy Scouts - Wala troop boy scouts are camping. Pitched camp at Rhoy's Point, Willman's lake and are having a great time |
Children & Youth: Programs: Boy Scouts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/24/1920 |
1 |
|
| Carver County |
"Carver County seat remains at Chaska" 'Waconia loses seat by 439 votes' |
Politics & Elections: Community Conflicts |
LP |
6/24/1920 |
1 |
5 |
| Churches - Chaska |
Lighting struck the Zoar church (it only did miner damage (Dahlgren) |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/1/1920 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska/Scouts |
Boy Scouts - Scouts to give show, will put on a show at the Rex Theater |
- Children & Youth: Programs
- Entertainment: Theater, Drive In Movies |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/8/1920 |
7 |
|
| Hilgers, Anton 1856-1920 |
Former resident of Chaska passed away at the Mpls. General Hsp. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/12/1920 |
1 |
|
| Meyer, "Kelly" |
Chaska boy had a miraculous escape from death when scaffolding on the 8th floor of a building gave way. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/19/1920 |
5 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
League of Women Voters - To the ladies of Carver County - Attention! League of women voters, organized |
Politics & Elections: Voters |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/21/1920 |
1 |
|
| Weego, Francis B. |
Native of Chaska who died in Texas |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/11/1920 |
4 |
|
| Business - Cities |
Local business men appreciative: Chaska continues to rank as a formost shopping center & her business men are duly appreciative |
- Buildings: Shopping Centers
- Business & Industry: Business Leaders |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/23/1920 |
13 |
|
| Corning, John Wheeling Leavitt |
Death: Pres of Chaska Brick & Tile |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/13/1921 |
1 |
0 |
| Cities - Chaska |
Chaska needs a new city hall, present structure, built in the early days, completly out of date and inadequate |
Buildings: Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/20/1921 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska/Scouts |
Boy Scouts - Wala Troop #1 - Selects standing committees, chairman P. J. Duffy of local boy scout troop, committee annouces standing committees for year |
Children & Youth: Programs: Boy Scouts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/27/1921 |
1 |
|
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