Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Sports - Cologne |
Famous Hollanders coming here - The strong and famous Cologne Hollanders are to make their first appearance of the season in this community (Photo & names of Players) |
Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/29/1938 |
1 |
|
| Storms |
Snowstomr & colad provide real winter. |
Weather: Snow |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/16/1939 |
1 |
3 |
| Olson, Kenneth |
Olson's buy Coleman Liquor Store |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/9/1939 |
1 |
|
| Colbert, Bridget |
Obituary |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/23/1939 |
2 |
|
| Businessess - Cologne |
Cologne Lumber co. - Montgomery man buys local yard |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/23/1939 |
7 |
1 |
| Businessess - Cologne |
Cologne Lumber co. - Cologne Lumber Co. sold to Westerman lumber co. |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Waconia Patriot |
3/23/1939 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Mid-County Co-op Oil Assn. to build new station |
Business & Industry: Chemical & Petroleum |
Waconia Patriot |
3/30/1939 |
1 |
|
| Cologne Lumber Yard |
New owner - H. E. Westerman |
|
Norwood Times |
3/31/1939 |
9 |
1 |
| Sister M. Benedicta O.S.B. (Ven) |
Is being trasfered from Gregory, South Dakota to Canon City Colorado |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/6/1939 |
5 |
3 |
| Sister M. Benedicta O.S.B. (Ven) |
Is being trasfered from Gregory, South Dakota to Canon City Colorado |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/13/1939 |
7 |
1 |
| Sister M. Benedicta O.S.B. (Ven) |
Is being trasfered from Gregory, South Dakota to Canon City Colorado |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/13/1939 |
11 |
4 |
| Telephone |
Telephone service for village of Cologne. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/13/1939 |
11 |
3 |
| Herrmann, Samuel |
Car - Truck Head on Collision |
|
Norwood Times |
5/5/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Interested in case |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/18/1939 |
7 |
3,4 |
| Jorissen, John, Mrs. |
Cologne people attend the funeral of Mrs. Jorissen |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/8/1939 |
7 |
|
| Postal Service |
Cologne post office/Art Meuwissen, age 21, robs mail |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Norwood Times |
8/11/1939 |
1 |
4 |
| Crime |
Postal clerk is nabbed by Government Agents. Young Cologne man charged with tampering with the mail. |
Law & Justice: Crime |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/17/1939 |
1 |
|
| Music |
The colorful uniformed Waconia High School band of 40 pieces under the direction of Mr. Stenehjem, will participate in St. Boni. |
Arts: Musicians |
Waconia Patriot |
8/24/1939 |
1 |
|
| Wallrich, Nicolas E. |
Married Leona Carchasky |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/31/1939 |
6 |
0 |
| Businessess - Cologne |
Cologne Bowling Alleys opens Saturday |
Sports & Recreation |
Waconia Patriot |
8/31/1939 |
1 |
|
| Wallrich, Nicolas E. |
Married Leona Carchasky |
|
Waconia Patriot |
9/7/1939 |
2 |
0 |
| Zabel, Warren |
killed in auto accident near Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
9/8/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Collins, James |
Died |
|
Carver County News |
10/5/1939 |
1 |
5 |
| Gottschalk, Richard |
Killed in head on collision. |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP. |
10/5/1939 |
1 |
|
| Marshall Mrs. Har. |
Funeral notice in Bongards column |
|
Norwood Times |
10/6/1939 |
4 |
2 |
| Collins, James |
Killed in farm accident. |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP. |
10/12/1939 |
1 |
|
| Johnson, Cliff |
Johnson wins corn husking contest on the R.F. Sprengler farm, SW of Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
10/20/1939 |
1 |
3 |
| Klepperich, Frank |
Auciton sale: the undersigned will sell at public auciton on his farm, 2 1/2 miles East of cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/16/1939 |
7 |
|
| Luke, Victor |
Killed in Truck/car collision |
|
Norwood Times |
11/17/1939 |
1 |
3 |
| Heupenbecker, M/M Edwin |
Mrs. John Tholen of Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
11/24/1939 |
4 |
3 |
| Collier, John D. Jr. |
Married Eleanor Harrison Rucker |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1940 |
5 |
4 |
| Larson, M.H.Dr. |
Recently opened at Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1940 |
7 |
2 |
| Rucker, Eleanor Harrison |
Married John D. Collier Jr. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1940 |
5 |
4 |
| Sports |
Cologne - 1940 champions of Central Minn. Independent basketball circles |
Sports & Recreation: Basketball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/29/1940 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
New incubator |
Business & Industry: Farm Supply |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1940 |
7 |
1 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Milling Co., Millers of "Silver Leaf" flour |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Waconia Patriot |
5/2/1940 |
6 |
|
| Churches - Cologne |
St. Bernards: Class of 55 confirmed |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/9/1940 |
7 |
2 |
| Churches - Cologne |
St. Bernards: 35 receive first communion at St. Bernards church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/16/1940 |
7 |
2 |
| Population & Census |
Cologne is bigger |
Demographics: Population |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/25/1940 |
6 |
2 |
| Coller, Julius |
Obituary |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/22/1940 |
1 |
6 |
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