Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Central College Students |
return to respective colleges |
|
Norwood Times |
9/24/1948 |
1 |
6 |
| Griep, Mary |
Sustains fractured collarbone in car accident |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/30/1948 |
1 |
3 |
| Organizations - Cologne - Boy Scouts |
Thier boy scout troop has now been organized & is #266 |
- Government: Organizations
- Children & Youth: Programs: Boy Scouts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/30/1948 |
8 |
1 |
| Jorgensen, Mrs. Nicoline B. |
mother Mrs. Martin Svendsen dies |
|
Norwood Times |
10/1/1948 |
1 |
3 |
| Kloth, Buzz |
college cartoonist |
|
Norwood Times |
10/8/1948 |
1 |
5 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Schepers Confectionary Store - Ed Schepers buys fathers confectionary store |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Waconia Patriot |
11/4/1948 |
5 |
|
| Bartels, F |
Move F. Wildung home in Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
11/19/1948 |
6 |
4 |
| Wildung, Donald Farm |
Fred moves to farm from Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
11/19/1948 |
1 |
6 |
| Rief, Collins Hubert |
Married Ardis Opel Peterson |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/2/1948 |
6 |
3 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Old Home Cottage Cheese - Floyd Carlson will move to Colfax, Wi. with the factory |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Carver County News |
12/2/1948 |
8 |
4 |
| Neaton, Joseph J |
Birth - Collen Mary |
|
Norwood Times |
12/10/1948 |
5 |
4 |
| Swink, Colon L |
Birth - Patrick Colon |
|
Norwood Times |
12/10/1948 |
5 |
4 |
| Luedtke, Franklin |
Graduated from Concordia Teachers' College |
|
Norwood Times |
12/17/1948 |
1 |
5 |
| Gallagher Robert D. m/m |
baby girl/ Colleen Roberta |
|
nt` |
2/18/1949 |
5 |
5 |
| Knowlton John Colby |
Died |
|
Norwood Times |
3/25/1949 |
7 |
2 |
| Rief Collins H. m/m |
babygirl/ Grace Jane |
|
Norwood Times |
5/20/1949 |
2 |
2 |
| School - Cologne |
St. Bernards - 12 receive diplomas |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/9/1949 |
5 |
1 |
| Horticulture - Cologne |
Gladiolus with that Certain Something, grown on king size scale. |
Agriculture: Nursery Stock |
Waconia Patriot |
8/18/1949 |
1 |
|
| Telephones |
First dial telephone system now under installation at Cologne. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Waconia Patriot |
10/6/1949 |
1 |
|
| Given Walton S. |
USO Head dies in Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
10/7/1949 |
1 |
1 |
| Telephones |
Carver County Telephone Co., Company installing dial system in Cologne. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/20/1949 |
1 |
2 |
| Churches - Cologne |
St. Bernards: Class confirmed |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/3/1949 |
6 |
1 |
| Carver County Historical Society; O D Sell |
County Historical Museum - Rare collection of Indian relics on display |
|
Waconia Patriot |
11/10/1949 |
1 |
1 |
| Frederick Lawrence J. m/m |
babygirl/ Diane Colleen |
|
Norwood Times |
11/11/1949 |
6 |
1 |
| Accidents |
Chaskan collides with man, crushed to death in truck, Chask car, truck load of iron Collide near Norwood on Saturday. Victor luke Died. |
Transportation: Crashes and accidents |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/16/1949 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Carver County Historical Society |
Rare collection of Indian relics at Historical Museum (Photo) |
- History: Historic Preservation
- Ethnic & Minority Groups: Native American |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/17/1949 |
1 |
1 |
| Organizations - Carver County Historical Society |
Historical Society - Rare collection of Indian relics (Photo) |
- History: Historic Preservation
- Ethnic & Minority Groups: Native American |
Carver County News |
11/24/1949 |
1 |
1 |
| Ament, Arthur Francis & Margaret Eleanor (nee: Collins) |
Baby Girl: Susan Mary |
|
Norwood Times |
12/30/1949 |
8 |
2 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Mohrbacher Bros. Bldg. sold to Ed Schepers |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Waconia Patriot |
1/5/1950 |
5 |
|
| Telephones |
Dial telephone installed here (Cologne) |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Waconia Patriot |
2/2/1950 |
3 |
|
| City of Cologne - Telephones |
Dial telephone installed in Cologne last week. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/2/1950 |
5 |
|
| Meyer, Carol |
cologne 4-H girl wins 1950 4H Radio Speaking contest |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/23/1950 |
5 |
|
| Borka, Henry |
(1895-1950) Died; Former Cologne Resident |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/23/1950 |
8 |
|
| Telephones |
Cologne - Automatic telephone switchboard. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Waconia Patriot |
3/30/1950 |
1 |
|
| Telephones |
New dial telephone system in operation at Cologne. View of the modern dial telpehone swithboard. (See Pictures) |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/6/1950 |
1 |
|
| Baird, John M. M/M |
Baby Boy: Jerald Malcolm |
|
Carver County News |
4/13/1950 |
2 |
1 |
| Baird, John M. M/M |
Baby Boy: Jerald Malcolm |
|
Norwood Times |
4/14/1950 |
7 |
1 |
| Ackerman, August A. |
(1868-1950) Funeral; (Cologne) |
Social Life & Customs: Funerals |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/27/1950 |
2 |
|
| Dennin, Gustave, Mr. and Mrs. |
Operated a hobby museum at Cologne |
|
Waconia Patriot |
4/27/1950 |
8 |
|
| Schneider, Roal |
Cologne man injured sunday evening |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/27/1950 |
1 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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