Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Cologne fire Dept. |
Purchases Chaska's old fire engine for $350. |
|
cfp |
10/10/1889 |
1 |
2 |
| Hass, Mrs. (Dr.) Widow |
Died at Chaska |
|
cfp |
10/24/1889 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska Bldg. & Loan Association |
Home & County News ($5,300. already loaned out) |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/31/1889 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Home & County News, $5,300. already loaned out by the Chaska's Building & Loan Assoc. |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/31/1889 |
4 |
|
| Eitel, G.G., Dr. |
Dr. Eitel - former Chaska Dr. does delicate surgery in Washington- his new home |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1889 |
4 |
|
| Newspapers |
New weekly in Norwood to start as well as German newspaper in Chaska, that will be 5 for Carver County |
Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1889 |
1 |
2 |
| Churches - Chaska Moravian Church |
Moravian church opening dedication of new church |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1889 |
4 |
|
| Burgner, Sam |
Engineer at Chaska Public School |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Schwartz, Mr. |
Home & County News. Former Laketown resident buys Sonderman property in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1889 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Chaska Moravian Church |
Dedication of Moravian church: Church business discussed - All day affair included speeches, prayers, music & social gatherings |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1889 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska Foundry - Home & County News (Late fall is best time to get steam threshing machine in for repair (Ad) |
Business & Industry: Blacksmiths, Horseshoers & Wagoneers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/21/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Teipel Feed Mill : Home & County News - Casper Teipel just started a feed mill & has made Peter Hall the manager |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/28/1889 |
4 |
|
| Brinkhaus, H. |
Purchased $21,000. for Burris brick yard at Chaska |
|
cfp |
11/28/1889 |
1 |
3 |
| Derhaag, Wm |
Home and County News - just purchased 35 acres at Chanhassen. Stock and machinery go with the land. He traded his residence in Chaska to John Woyhan |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1889 |
4 |
|
| Johnson, George |
Home & County News [Married D. Lizzie Reibe of Chaska] |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1889 |
4 |
|
| Rietz, J. A. |
Artist will be closing photography business in Chaska by January |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1889 |
1 |
|
| Railroads - Chaska |
H & D RR - An outrage on the public - changes in passenger cars & time scheduals make it manitory for one to stay over in Chaska 2 evenings if coming in from Norwood or Cologne |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1889 |
1 |
|
| German Newspaper |
Will soon make an Appearance in Chaska. |
|
Carver County News |
12/5/1889 |
2 |
4 |
| Wojohn, John |
Sold farm & Moved to Chaska |
|
Carver County News |
12/5/1889 |
2 |
4 |
| Eder, Philip |
Moved from Arlington to Chaska and is in charge of Eder Bros. gents clothing & furniture store. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/12/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Chaska Boot & Shoe Co.: In his old place (Louis Keschnitzki re-opened custom made boots & shoe shop) |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/12/1889 |
4 |
|
| Hansemann, Andrew |
Another brickyard. Sold 1 block of land in Chaska to Paul & Michael Bierline for their brick yard |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/19/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
National Hotel & Concert Hall: Home & County News (M. H. Iltis is well known owner) |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/19/1889 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Bierline Brickyard: Another brickyard, purchased adjoining land |
- Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries
- Land & Property: Land Use |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/19/1889 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Fire Departments: A new steam heater - The newly purchased Paragon heater goes on the fire engine during cold weather |
- Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department
- Transportation: Motor Vehicles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/19/1889 |
4 |
|
| Organizations/Clubs - Chaska |
Masonic Lodge - New officers (lists officers for coming years) |
- Politics & Elections: Elections
- Reference Sources: Lists |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/19/1889 |
4 |
|
| Franken, Jos |
Fire & Accident Ins. Agency (ad) Writes ins on nine different companies. Office at the drug store in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/2/1890 |
1 |
|
| Geunser, Charles |
Farm for sale (Sect. 1, Dahlgren - 2 miles from Chaska, 114 imporved acres.) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/2/1890 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Brickyards - Home & County News - Bricksyards are reluctant to pay more for cords of soft & mixed wood. Are paying Carver county farmers $2.00 a cord, but more for wood brought from outside the county |
Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1890 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Fire department - Annual firemen's election, 5 offices & 2 committies filled |
- Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department
- Politics & Elections: Elections |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1890 |
4 |
|
| Rivers - Minnesota |
Home & County News - A winter road over the ice goes from Marystown in Scott county into Chaska. Large amounts of cord wood being transported from Scott county |
Geography: Rivers & Streams |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1890 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Odell & Steidl: A good joke all round - the firms coal bin was disappearing from the bin. Dr. McDonald had a twin bin next to theirs but was mistakenly taking from the law firm. The mystery was solved and the law firm decided not to go back to wood |
Business & Industry: Law Firms |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1890 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Retail merchants organization, chooses officers, write up discusses the need to band together to identify those who can't be trusted to pay bills, etc. |
Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1890 |
1 |
|
| Organizations |
Brick association - Executive committee, elected from Chaska, Carver & Blakely manufactures will oversee quality & price uniformity |
- Business & Industry: Ceramics Industry, Potteries
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/27/1890 |
4 |
|
| Kramer, Alois |
Changes ownership. Sold home in Chaska to Fred Bolig, is located on a corner lot near downtown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/6/1890 |
4 |
|
| Hoehn, Martin |
Will move with family to Chaska |
|
Carver County News |
3/14/1890 |
2 |
2 |
| Edrmann, Aug., |
moved from Chaska to Camden |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/20/1890 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
Home & County News - The tower clock arrived & is being placed in position |
Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/20/1890 |
4 |
|
| Odell, W. C. Mrs. of Chaska |
Died |
|
Carver County News |
3/21/1890 |
4 |
1 |
| Chaska Mill |
Now using water power |
|
Carver County News |
3/28/1890 |
2 |
2 |
Information contained in this database has been obtained from the files of the Carver County Historical Society Library; specifically, the newspaper index (in the future to include scrapbooks, family histories etc...). As with any information source, errors, inconsistencies, and accuracy in spelling and content are unavoidable. Therefore,
we suggest checking for alternate spellings when researching individual names or places. We have tried to include alternatives whenever possible.
Some examples of alternate spellings include:
Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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