Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Jorissen, William |
Married Mary Wirtz (Cologne) |
Marriage Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/19/1901 |
4 |
2 |
| Staple, Arthur |
Attending Concordia College at St. Paul. |
Education: Colleges & Universities |
lph |
12/27/1901 |
1 |
4 |
| Swedish Lutheran Church |
Festival & Concert by Gustav Adolphus College |
|
Carver County News |
1/2/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Meulener, C.P. |
Moved a house from Benton to Cologne for Wm. Meulenres |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1902 |
8 |
|
| Patterson, Mary, Mrs. |
Cologne woman married Peter Schutz of Jordan |
|
Carver County News |
1/16/1902 |
4 |
1 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Mohrbacher & Meuwissen: Dissolution of partnership - Saloon & general merchandise business will continue under Paul Mohrbacher & Sons; Lumber yard under Henry Meuwissen & Son |
- Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/30/1902 |
5b |
|
| Library - Chaska |
New Chaska library (Ladies of the Chaska Culture Club gathered a collections of books that formed the nucleus of lending library) |
Cultural Facilities: Libraries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1902 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Culture Club - New Chaska library, collected books, that formed the nucleus of the 1st lending library |
Cultural Facilities: Libraries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/20/1902 |
4 |
|
| Gehig, Jacob |
Cologne death announcement |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1902 |
6b |
|
| Postal Service |
A rural free delivery route was ordered for Norwood, Carver, Cologne & Chaska are asking for the same |
Communication: Postal Service, Rural |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/3/1902 |
1 |
|
| Ranft, John |
Cologne. Was given contract to grade the road going east from Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/24/1902 |
8b |
|
| Lester Prairie News |
Is now located in the front room of the Columbia Hotel. |
Communication: Newspapers |
lph |
5/2/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Stucke, Chas. |
Received a letter from Ivanhoe in Lincoln County that carpenters could work there all summer at $3.00 a day. |
- Labor: Employment
- Business & Industry |
lph |
5/23/1902 |
1 |
1 |
| Joos, William |
Building a home in Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/29/1902 |
6 |
0 |
| Hochstedd, Abe |
Amount Collection for Abe Hoch Steddler amounted to over $100 |
|
Carver County News-2nd Banner Page |
6/19/1902 |
3 |
1 |
| Cemeteries - St. Bernard's, Cologne |
Cyclone destroyed nearly every monument. |
Cemeteries |
Benton Column - WVH |
7/10/1902 |
1b |
|
| Lester Prairie Post office. |
Has moved into the building formerly ocupied by the Columbia Hotel. |
|
LPH |
7/18/1902 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses |
Colorado Mining company: Mining company completes its organization |
Business & Industry: Mining Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/21/1902 |
1 |
|
| Lipinski, Mik |
Purchased a farm near Cold Springs, Stearns County and will move there |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/18/1902 |
1 |
4 |
| Postal Service |
The opening of 3 rural mail routes will begin from this Cologne post office on Oct. 1, 1902 |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/18/1902 |
4 |
|
| Railroads |
A new passenger train began running on the Hastings line from Cologne |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/6/1902 |
4 |
|
| Schultz, Frederick |
Dies during cold snap |
Death Records |
LP |
11/20/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Borgesrode, Col. |
Whereabouts of Former Chaskaites; part 2 |
Human Relations: Reunions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1902 |
1 |
|
| Griggs, C.W. , Col |
Whereabouts of former Chaskaites - part 2 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1902 |
1 |
|
| Mcnullen, Katherine |
(eloped) Marriage to John Collins |
|
Carver County News |
12/18/1902 |
6 |
1 |
| Simmons, Henry L. |
New building soon to be erected for State Bank of Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/26/1903 |
6 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
State Bank - New bank building soon to be erected |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
WVH (Cologne) |
2/26/1903 |
6 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
P. Mohrbacher & Son - Millinery opening |
Business & Industry: Clothing & Textiles |
Weekly Valley Herald - (Cologne) |
3/19/1903 |
8b |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
State Bank - The contracts for building the new bank building are given out |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne) |
3/26/1903 |
8b |
|
| Hegstrom, Albert |
One of 66 graduates of Gustavas Adolphus College or G. A. College |
|
Carver County News |
5/28/1903 |
4 |
1 |
| Ruebelke, Louis |
Farm for sale. Information on 80 1\2 acre farm west of Cologne on Glenco road |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1903 |
4 |
|
| Paal, Willie |
Struck by lightning. Barn suffered a cold stroke of lightning, valuable horses killed |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/17/1903 |
1 |
|
| Coyle, P.H. |
From Belle Plaine, moved to Cologne |
Housing: Residences |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/1/1903 |
8 |
|
| Hoen, Peter |
Lightning struck his barn, killing two colts and totally destroyed his barn |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/8/1903 |
8 |
|
| Miller, Ernest, Mrs. (nee Tessmann) |
Information on the death of her infant son at Columbia Falls, Montana |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/5/1903 |
1 |
|
| Railroads |
Two trains collided at Norwood on the Milwaukee road & great damage was done |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/5/1903 |
4 |
|
| Rubbelke, Louis |
Cologne. Sold out his farm near here |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/19/1903 |
8 |
|
| Anderson, John |
Found one Marecolt |
|
ccn-1st Banner Page |
12/1/1903 |
1 |
2 |
| Kirsch, Carrie |
Moved to Cologne where she will open a dress making appartment in the rear of Mohrbacher Store |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/10/1903 |
9 |
|
| Harms, Henry |
Will form a German Colony in Carlton County with Henry Mattfeld and Dr. E.C. Hartley |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/14/1904 |
1 |
|
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Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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