Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Eder Bros. Store burned - A destructive Fire |
- Business & Industry: Furnishings
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/20/1888 |
4 |
|
| Odd Fellow Hall |
Hall at Chaska recently burned out & is being repaired. |
|
cfp |
12/27/1888 |
1 |
2 |
| Ess, Joe |
Chaska wagon works has bob-sleds with a patented oscillafing knee. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/3/1889 |
4 |
|
| White, Frank |
Chaska's feed store operator is expanding t o include a Livery Stable |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/3/1889 |
4 |
|
| Carver County Taxes |
Personal property taxes (Lists highest tax payers in Chaska, Carver, Benton & San Francisco) |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Eder Bros. Store: Insurance settled - Insurance payments after fire |
- Business & Industry: Insurance
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1889 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Literary Society - Home & County News - Large attendance including, 60 visitors heard debate. New officers were voted in |
- Arts: Literary Works
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/10/1889 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Fire department - Officers of the fire department, list of elected officers for coming year |
- Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department
- Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/17/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Philip Henk Hardware Store: Important business changes - sold his hareware stock & machine business to his son George & Fred Greiner, jr. |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/24/1889 |
4 |
|
| Gerber, Mr. |
important sale(he & partner purchased 108 acres just by Chaska's City limits. They plan to run 2 machines that can average 65,000 brick a day since fine clay depositis were included. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Hermeyer, Mr. |
Important Sale( he & partner purchased 108 acres just by Chaska's city limits. They plan to run 2 machines that can average 65,000 bricks a day, since fine clay deposits were included. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| May, Chas |
Sold 108 acres that adjoin Chaska to Mr. Gerber & Mr. Hermeyer from St. Paul |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Schmidt, John L. |
The whereabouts of our runaways. An older Chaska pioneer is thought to have gone to Germany |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Wolff, Henry E. |
death in renville County Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Bridges - Minnesota River - Chaska |
Home & County news, Quite a few bridge builders staying in town. |
Landmarks & Monuments |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1889 |
4 |
|
| Thomas, Nancy |
Married to Ed Winnage from Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/28/1889 |
4 |
|
| Soice, John |
For Sale. Selling 75 acres of land in Sec. 5, a 1/2 mile from Chaska. Included frame dwelling & barn, 2 wells & Cistern. Also horses. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/28/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses |
Chaska House: For Sale (Fred Hammer is selling his hotel at 2nd & Walnut - gives dimensions - has been refurnished, fronts Maint St. at 2nd & Walnut |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/28/1889 |
4 |
|
| Organizations/Events - Chaska |
Rainbow Supper & Fair - Given by The Ladies Aid Society. Will sell home made articles. There's music & supper for 25 cents. To be held March 1, 1889 at Iltis concert hall |
- History: Events
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/28/1889 |
4 |
|
| Postal Service |
Home & County News (Chaska post office is now in Henks Harness shop. Aug. Klammer in charge) |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1889 |
4 |
|
| Bachmann, Clarence |
Personal Gossip (Visiting Friends in Chaska - Just Finished Dentistry Course in Philadelphia and will practice in Arlington) |
Human Relations: Daily Living |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1889 |
1 |
|
| Barker, Albert |
Personal Gossip ( is taking a bookkeeping position in Minneapolis and will be leaving Chaska March 1st. |
Labor: Employment |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1889 |
1 |
|
| Bolig, Fred |
Just moved to Chaska from Shakopee-will be working at Brickyard. |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Odell, W. C. |
elected Chaska City Attorney |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/21/1889 |
4 |
|
| Raach, Chas. |
Is Chaska's street commissioner |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/21/1889 |
4 |
|
| Carver County Elections |
Elections - County commissioners - Elected, Hollywood, Chanhassen & Benton - Official canvass of the vote for county commissioner - Chaska's vote is listed in comparison to other districts |
Politics & Elections: Campaign Literature |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/21/1889 |
4 |
|
| Bury, Anton |
Chaska has a New Marshal |
|
cfp |
3/28/1889 |
1 |
2 |
| Anderson, Swan |
Moving temporarily to Chaska. Will run the engine at Greggs Brickyard |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1889 |
4 |
|
| Meyer, Simon & Ernst |
Caught wolves on their farm 3 miles from Chaska in Llaketown. State bounty is $5.00 a piece & they were paid $35. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Oettinger, Jacob |
Starting butcher shop on 2nd & Chestnut(The Staken Corner) in Chaska. there are 3 other butcher shops in town. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Brickmaking, Chaska |
Brickmakers met in Chaska & were told 2 competing railroads would not lower rates. |
Business & Industry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Chaska |
Notice to contractors - Moravian church committee is asking for bids for the erection of a brick church |
- Religion: Denominations
- Buildings: Churches |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Brickyards - Railroad extortion - Brickmakers met in Chaska & were told 2 completing railroads would not lower rates. Plans are to go ahead with a fleet of flat bottomed barges - Committee members were namded |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
To the inhabitats of the Village of Chaska enumerates the various steps to putting in a health department as stipulated by State law |
Law & Justice: Laws |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/18/1889 |
4 |
|
| Gibson, Dr. G. W. |
Resident DEntist(locating dental practice in Chaska- 15 years experience) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
| Brickmaking, |
Our flate boat fleet being assembled to carry brick between Chaska & St. Paul. |
Business & Industry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Herryer & Co. Brickyard: Home & County News - A small strike started when a number of men walked off. They were grading at winter wages |
Labor: Unions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Riedele Brickyard - Home & County News (Employees of the brick yard are now using the Railhead hotel for room and board. The hotel was run by Anton Riedele' family. He will also be staying there |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Chaska |
Magnificent Catholic Church - An alarm of fire, after Good Friday mass. Father Casinere extinquished a fire that had burnt the covering to the sanctuary |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Home & County News, A resolution recently adopted by the city supervisors was posted on the door of the court house. It prohibits the running at large of domestic animals |
Government: Courts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1889 |
4 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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