Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Hechsel, Otto |
Solf farm to Roland Briesemeister and moved to a farm at Gotha near Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/24/1929 |
6 |
2 |
| Agriculture - Cologne |
Local breeders select trade name for pure bred holstein head |
Agriculture: Produce, miscellaneous |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1929 |
2 |
7 |
| Mohrbacher, Adam |
Mohrbacher Clan is Widely known here and at Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/28/1929 |
4 |
1-3 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Mohrbacher clan is widely known here and at Cologne |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/28/1929 |
4 |
1 - 3 |
| Doerfler, Colonel |
Married Lucretia Moebius |
|
Carver County News |
12/5/1929 |
8 |
1 |
| Happ, Harold |
Comes to front in basketball. Former Mooney lad starts first year of college athletics with promising outlook |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1930 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Rex Theater - First talkie at Rex is next week, color production first |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1930 |
1 |
|
| Van Hale, John |
Obituary; was resident of Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1930 |
7 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne - 4H Club |
Fine opportunity for farm boy, Minnesota Valley Canning Co., sponsors new 4H club project |
Children & Youth: Programs: 4-H |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne Dept.) |
4/3/1930 |
7 |
|
| Beuhler, Mathew |
Fire Destroyed Machine Shed and its Contents [Cologne Dept.] |
Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/10/1930 |
7 |
|
| Mapping & Surveying |
County names rich in color |
Reference Sources: Surveys |
Waconia Patriot |
5/15/1930 |
1 |
|
| Population & Census |
Population of Cologne - Census for village of Cologne decrease 28 |
Demographics: Population |
Waconia Patriot |
5/22/1930 |
1 |
|
| Aretz, Mary Cresentia (nee: Krugler), (Mrs. John) |
Died; funeral held at Cologne |
Social Life & Customs: Funerals |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/5/1930 |
4 |
0 |
| Lueders, H.F. |
Nominee Lueders injured in auto collision |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/19/1930 |
1 |
|
| Bruers, Anthony |
Bruers, Shakopee cars collide near Waconia |
Transportation: Crashes and accidents |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/31/1930 |
1 |
|
| Bleichner, Ray |
Cologne boy electrocuted by touching electric wire |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/14/1930 |
1 |
|
| Nimz, Lorena M. |
Were Married at the St. Bernard's Catholic Parsonage at Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/25/1930 |
6 |
|
| Nimz, Lorena M. |
Cologne Dept. Pfleghaar-Nimz Wedding |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/25/1930 |
7 |
|
| Eiden, Leonard |
August Graff buys Cologne barber shop |
|
Waconia Patriot |
10/2/1930 |
1 |
|
| Graff, August |
August buys Cologne barbershop |
|
Waconia Patriot |
10/2/1930 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Ben Hesse Store - 11 & 12 year old boys, rob at Cologne |
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/2/1930 |
1 |
|
| Guettler, Elizabeth |
Deqth of Miss Elizabeth Guettler former resident of Cologne-Dierd in Chaska |
- Death Records: CC Index
- Social Life & Customs: Funerals |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/30/1930 |
9 |
|
| Colbert, Mrs. Patrick |
Obituary-died at St. Mary's Hospital Mpls. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/4/1930 |
7 |
1 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Mill's Golden Jubilee in 1931 - Guettler family connected with plant for half century; Largest mill in county |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
WVH (First Section) |
12/18/1930 |
1 |
|
| Jasper, Lena |
Died in St. Paul, was a former Cologne girl |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/19/1931 |
11 |
2 |
| Cities - Cologne |
Grand opening of Cologne Pavilion next Wednesday |
Buildings: Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne Dept.) |
5/14/1931 |
7 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne - St. Bernard's Society |
Will observe 50th anniversary here Sunday |
- Clubs & Associations
- Anniversaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/21/1931 |
9 |
|
| Haus, Ben |
Youth torture men for money; two colognites burn, beat up two Assumption farmers |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1931 |
1 |
|
| Jorissen, Wilbert |
Youths torture men for money. Two Colognites burn, beat up two Assumption farmers |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1931 |
1 |
|
| Sons, Philip |
Youths torture men for money. 2 from Cologne burn, beat up two Assumption farmers |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1931 |
1 |
|
| Sons, Theodore |
Youths torture men for money. 2 from Cologne burn, beat up two Assumption farmers |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/28/1931 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne - St. Bernard's Society |
Golden Jubilee marked with festivities |
- Clubs & Associations
- Anniversaries |
Weekly Valley Herald (Colonge Dept.) |
5/28/1931 |
7 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Hook's Cafe - Chaska's new spanish cafe opens to the public. Color scheme of harmony displayed: (Note of coziness is struck |
Business & Industry: Restaurants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/25/1931 |
1 |
|
| Carlson, C. O. |
Man killed by falling from, train near here.(Cologne) |
Transportation: Crashes and accidents |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/16/1931 |
7 |
|
| Dimler, John |
Died in Denver, Colorado; funeral held there |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/6/1931 |
7 |
2 |
| Driscoll, Mrs. Dennis |
Attended funeral in Minneapolis nee: Willems |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/3/1931 |
7 |
|
| Kucera, Elizabeth L. |
Waconia Wedding (Cologne Dept.) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/24/1931 |
7 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska School - Architecture is collegiate Gothic, Modernistic - Lines of buildings are plain; have attractive appearance, heating regulation is automatic - First school 77 years ago rates for insurance less (See this page-much school history) |
Education: Public Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald - Section one |
10/15/1931 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
E. A. Mohrbacher Store robbed |
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Waconia Patriot |
10/29/1931 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Knights of Columbus organize for poor relief |
Government: Organizations |
Waconia Patriot |
11/5/1931 |
1 |
|
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