Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Chaska River |
Body found floating on the river. Not Identified. |
|
cfp |
9/5/1895 |
1 |
3 |
| Krayenbuhl, Mrs. |
Chaska resident died. |
|
cfp |
9/5/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| Chaska Agriculture Assoc. |
List of Premiums |
|
Carver County News |
9/6/1895 |
4 |
2-3 |
| Chaska Agriculture Association |
Events Sept. 27 & 28 |
|
Carver County News |
9/27/1895 |
4 |
3 |
| Fairs - Chaska's Great Fair |
Long list of parade, entrants, discription of exhibits, etc. |
Entertainment: Parades |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/3/1895 |
5 |
|
| Lange, Willie |
Purity to the front. A new hotel in Chaska recently opened by Mr. Lange |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/10/1895 |
5 |
|
| Anhalt, Carl |
Moved into his farm below Chaska. |
|
cfp |
10/10/1895 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Drummer's Hotel: Leiyermann Bros. putting up a brick barn for the hotel, patrons & others |
- Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels
- Buildings: Barns & Outbuildings |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/11/1895 |
5 |
|
| Churches: Chaska/Guardian Angels Catholic Church |
A dastardly out rage (Robbers carried away 2 silver chalices, an oil tock, a golden luna, an alter key, golden crosses, rings, chains etc. noise alerted one of the brothers but the robbers excaped |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/17/1895 |
5 |
|
| Catholic Church at Chaska |
Thieves broke in & Stole articles valuing $200. |
|
cfp |
10/17/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| Robbery/ Crime (chaska) |
Stole gold and Silver Vessels from Catholic Church |
|
Carver County News |
10/18/1895 |
5 |
5 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Standard Oil: Representative for Standard Oil selected site for storage & office, east of the cattle yard on the right of way on 6th st. |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/24/1895 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Standard Oil: Mr. Palmer, representative, selected site for supply tanks; A brick office & storeroom will be up too |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/24/1895 |
4 |
|
| Hasse, Lydia (Of Laketown) |
Left for Chaska to Learn Dress Making trade |
|
Carver County News |
10/25/1895 |
5 |
4 |
| Weller, Lambert J. |
Started new furniture store with John Dols in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/31/1895 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Dols & Jorrison Furniture Store: Opening store where Gus a. Dols had his furniture store |
Business & Industry: Furnishings |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/31/1895 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Standard Oil: Put up a frame building for office & storage |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| New Creamries |
Chaska Herald: St. Bonifacius Plan Creameries |
|
Carver County News |
11/15/1895 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Linenfelser & Faber, former owners of warehouse that burned, built in 1866 |
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/21/1895 |
5 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Knights of Labor Hall - Hall burned down, was a refurbished warehouse, loss of $1,000. off set by $800. insurance |
Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/21/1895 |
5 |
|
| Groetsch, John |
Early Settler of Carver County,opened ist store in Chaska. |
|
cfp |
11/21/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| German Assembly Knights of Labor Hall |
Hall in Chaska destroyed by fire. |
|
cfp |
11/21/1895 |
1 |
2 |
| Wommer, Fritz |
Once a resident of Chaska and Carver is now living at lesueur. |
|
cfp- Caverites News |
11/28/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| Bade,(Rev.) W. F. |
New Chaska Moravian Minister Has Arrived |
|
Carver County News |
11/29/1895 |
5 |
4 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
The Sherman House: Mr. Vreyens has sold hotel to the Carlson Bros. |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1895 |
5 |
|
| Haehnle, C. A. Rev. |
Chaska loses a Promient Citizen |
|
cfp |
12/5/1895 |
1 |
2 |
| Carlson, A. J. |
East Union resident has rented a hotel for his children in Chaska. |
|
cfp |
12/5/1895 |
1 |
2 |
| Haehnle, C. A. (Rev.) |
Has had charge of the Moravian Church in Chaska, But now left for Indiana |
|
cfp |
12/5/1895 |
1 |
2 |
| Carlson, Mr. Levi & Miss Lydia |
Moved to Chaska to go into the Hotel business with their Brother. |
|
cfp - East Union News |
12/5/1895 |
8 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Holasek & Sons Greenhouse: A family that grows together |
Business & Industry: Nurseries |
Chaska Herald |
12/7/1895 |
1 |
|
| Carlson, A. J. |
Newspaper was misinformed and reported he rented a hotel for his children in Chaska. This was not true. |
|
cfp |
12/12/1895 |
1 |
3 |
| Lundsten, O. |
Formerly a cashier at Chaska Bank & now has the same job at Lester Prairie |
|
cfp - Carverites News |
12/12/1895 |
8 |
4 |
| Faber, Jim |
Chaska bank Salutes 5 residents for their volunteer work |
|
Chaska Herald |
12/14/1895 |
5 |
|
| McCormick, A. F. (Attorney) |
Left Chaska and is now in Oregon. |
|
cfp |
12/19/1895 |
1 |
3 |
| Krayenbuhl, Frank |
Former Chaska resident is now a Deputy Sheriff in Ramsey County. |
|
cfp - Carverites News |
12/19/1895 |
8 |
4 |
| Eder, Fred & Phil |
Former Chaska resident now employed in the "Golden Rule" store at St. Paul. |
|
cfp - Carverites News |
12/19/1895 |
8 |
4 |
| Lawine, August |
Formerly lived between Carver & Chaska now has a farm by Long Prarie. |
|
cfp - Carverites News |
12/19/1895 |
8 |
4 |
| Eitel, Geo. |
Of Chaska. Now is a proiment Physician in Minneapolis. |
|
cfp-Carverites News |
12/26/1895 |
8 |
4 |
| Bridges - Chaska |
City council votes to put in $10,000 steel bridge at the foot of Chestnut St., connecting with the Marystown Rd in Scott Co. |
Landmarks & Monuments |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/16/1896 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Minnesota Valley Creamery - Lists one man's profits for 6 cows for one year; will be increasing herd |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1896 |
5 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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