Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Coin Collection |
Was stolen Sunday night. |
Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/18/1936 |
1 |
5 |
| Wirtz, George |
will start Turkey farm at cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/25/1936 |
7 |
2 |
| Businesses |
George Wirtz will start turkey farm at Cologne |
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Animal Husbandry: Poultry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/25/1936 |
7 |
2 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
E. A. Mohrbacher Company will erect new store bldg. |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/2/1936 |
7 |
2 |
| Businessess - Cologne |
New elevator completed |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/9/1936 |
7 |
2 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Mill Co. - New elevator completed |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne Dept.) |
7/9/1936 |
7 |
|
| Beuhler, Mathew |
Fire at the Buehler Farm; Fire destroyed the oats field [Cologne] |
Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
7 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne Fire Dept. |
Fire at Buehler farm |
- Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department
- Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1936 |
7 |
2 |
| Smith, Joseph B. (Colonel) |
Died |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Carver County News |
7/30/1936 |
2 |
3 |
| Schmidt, Otto |
Waconia men injured in Collapse of Scaffold |
|
Carver County News |
8/20/1936 |
P1 |
C5 |
| Splettstoesser, Ervin |
Waconia men injured in Collapse of Scaffold |
|
Carver County News |
8/20/1936 |
P1 |
C5 |
| Hasse, Julius |
Waconia men injured in Collapse of Scaffold |
|
Carver County News |
8/20/1936 |
P1 |
C5 |
| Colberg, Chester |
died |
|
Carver County News |
8/27/1936 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
Rex theater installs latest in colored lighting ideas |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/3/1936 |
1 |
|
| Berg, Charles (Colly Rulre) |
Died |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Carver County News |
9/24/1936 |
1 |
4 |
| Collins, Warren |
Married Dorothy Petermann |
|
Waconia Patriot |
10/15/1936 |
1 |
|
| Notermann, Julia |
(Photo of her also) Lead College Songs She is the Sing leader at the College of . Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/5/1936 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Eiden Bros. to build addition |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Waconia Patriot |
11/19/1936 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne 4H Club |
County 4H boy gets 'Chicago' trip. Robert Anderson Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Anderson, of Cologne, a member of the Silver Creek 4H club |
- Clubs & Associations
- Children & Youth: Programs: 4-H |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/3/1936 |
1 |
|
| Specken, William |
Died, funeral held at Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/17/1936 |
8 &11 |
|
| Nicolin, John |
John Nicolin, Friend of Many Here, Passes Native of Jordan, Head of Saint Cloud Brewery, Summond Suddenly at Seventy-Four |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/24/1936 |
1 |
|
| Callahan, W. J. Mrs. |
Former Resident Dies suddenly At Detroit (nee: Theresa Haken (Added note in col. 2 bottom of page) |
- Death Records: CC Index
- Reference Sources: Death Records
- Social Life & Customs: Funerals |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/31/1936 |
7 |
|
| Schmidt, Louise M (Mrs. Fred) |
Died, she was a resident of this community (Cologne) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/31/1936 |
7 |
|
| Lins, Roland Ralph |
Christened at St. Bernards, Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/7/1937 |
7 |
1 |
| Fink, Math, Mrs. |
Cars collide at intersection |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/14/1937 |
1 |
2 |
| Fink, Theodore |
Cars collide at intersection |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/14/1937 |
1 |
2 |
| Kohman, Frank |
Cars collide at intersection |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/14/1937 |
1 |
2 |
| Pierson, Peter, Mr. & Mrs. |
Moved here from Chaska to Log Cabin Tavern (Cologne) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/14/1937 |
7 |
2 |
| Churches - Cologne |
St. Bernards - Large class confirmed here Sunday |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/3/1937 |
7 |
1 |
| Driscoll, Michael B. |
Interred on Friday |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/14/1937 |
1 |
3 |
| Schools - Cologne |
District 27 school board buys largest school bus in this part of the State |
Transportation: Buses |
Waconia Patriot |
11/18/1937 |
3 |
|
| Schools - Cologne |
District 27's new school bus arrives |
Transportation: Buses |
Waconia Patriot |
12/16/1937 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Co-operative Oil Service Station - Lambert Wirtz operates co-op service station here |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Waconia Patriot |
12/16/1937 |
4 |
|
| School - Cologne |
Cologne school board met Monday; large bus is paid for |
- Education: Private Schools
- Transportation: Buses |
Waconia Patriot |
1/20/1938 |
3 |
|
| Lutz, George, Rev. |
Lester Prairie minister, Young America farmer in collision on Monday |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/17/1938 |
1 |
|
| Klepperich, Henry |
Former Resident of cologne dies in St. Paul |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/3/1938 |
7 |
|
| Mattfeldt, Henry |
Died; Cologne Dept. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/3/1938 |
7 |
|
| Cities - Cologne |
Cologne Village buys culvert thawing equipment |
Business & Industry: Heavy Equipment |
Waconia Patriot |
3/17/1938 |
3 |
|
| Collins, Claude Clinton |
Died |
|
Carver County News |
3/31/1938 |
2 |
2 |
| Sports |
Central Minn. champions to be named here tonight. Old Waconia-Chaska rivary will be offered as Cologne & Chaska battle it out |
Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/31/1938 |
1 |
|
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