Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Organizations - Cologne |
Farmers Institute will be held at the Cologne city hall |
Buildings: Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/26/1905 |
1 |
|
| Railroads |
The narrow gauge railroad through Chaska, East Union, Arlington & Nicollet Co., will be buildt |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/16/1905 |
7 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Flouring Mill - A great flouring informatin & picture of Mill |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/16/1905 |
1 |
|
| Thompson, Mary |
Died: (Maarch 1880) 25 years ago column |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/23/1905 |
3 |
|
| Dols, Lucas |
Awarded contract to build new mill in cologne; 25 years ago |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/27/1905 |
3 |
|
| Borgersrode, R.V. Col. |
A Hale and Hearty Veteran; former resident of this city |
Military Activities: Veterans |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/8/1905 |
1 |
|
| Lowell, Arthur |
Railroad Clerk will move his family to Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/29/1905 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Meuleners & Maas - The firm of Meuleners & Maas have dissovled partnership. Mr. Maas retiring |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne) |
8/24/1905 |
8 |
|
| Cologne: Tholen & Wirtz |
Wirtz buys hardware business from Axel Ahlin. Ahlin is moving to Glencoe. |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Wkly. Valley Herald |
11/2/1905 |
4 |
0 |
| Cologne: Wirtz & Tholen |
Tholen buys hardware business from Axel Ahlin. Ahlin is moving to Glencoe. |
Business & Industry |
Wkly. Valley Herald |
11/2/1905 |
4 |
0 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Segal & Rosen - Will be opening a new saloon in this Village |
Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne) |
11/16/1905 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
The Cologne Mill Co., has installed an electric lighting system in their mill & elevator |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
WVH (Cologne) |
12/21/1905 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Tholen & Wirtz Hardware firm have dissolved partnership - John Tholen continuing business alone |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
WVH (Cologne) |
1/11/1906 |
4 |
|
| Colbert, Mrs. Patrick - "Assumption" local News |
Moves to St. Peter after residing in Carver County |
|
Norwood Times |
5/18/1906 |
4 |
3 |
| Hill, Elizabeth A. 1842-1906 |
Mother of Mrs. Driscoll, dead. - nee Elizabeth A. Richmond |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/24/1906 |
1 |
|
| Bell, George J. |
Married to - Bertha Bergmann [Cologne] |
Reference Sources: Marriage Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/12/1906 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Wirtz & Klepperich Saloon: Firm dissolved partnership |
Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/12/1906 |
4 |
|
| Telephones -The Norwood-Young America Telephone Co. |
A telephone line is being completed between Cologne & Belle Plaine. |
Communication: Telecommunication |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/19/1906 |
5 |
|
| Railroads - Chaska |
M. & St. L. RR - Engine and cars wrecked, rear end collision does considerable damage |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/29/1906 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Mill company, New elevator completed |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Waconia Patriot |
11/30/1906 |
1 |
|
| Mathia, John |
Sold residence to Mike Driscoll |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/7/1907 |
4 |
|
| Driscoll, Mike |
are moving into their new homme-the John Mathis residence |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1907 |
5 |
3 |
| Peters, George |
Departed for Denver, Colorado where he will remain for his health for a while |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/4/1907 |
4 |
|
| Nicolai, Minnie |
Wedded Yesterday Married: William Shelewsky (Saveschlefsky) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1907 |
4 |
|
| Shelewsky, William, |
Maried Minnie Nicolai |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1907 |
4 |
|
| Van Buggenum, J. P. |
Died (Cologne News) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/11/1907 |
8 |
|
| Sports |
Baseball - Photo of St. Paul Colored Gophers who will play the Chaska White diamonds here next Sunday |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/5/1907 |
1 |
|
| Morbacher, Gottfried of Cologne |
Obit -age 21 |
|
Norwood Times |
9/27/1907 |
1 |
2 |
| Wittsack, Miss Ella (Witsack) |
Weds Frank Zobach in Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
10/4/1907 |
1 |
3-4 |
| Zobach, Frank |
Weds Miss Alla Wittsack (Witsack) in Cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
10/4/1907 |
1 |
3-4 |
| Perusse, (No first name) |
A Cologne boy was offered a position with the Government as a Pharmacist-Perusse declined |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/7/1907 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Cologne - State Farmers's Institute |
A State Farmers's Institute to be held in the Cologne city hall |
- Clubs & Associations
- Buildings: Halls |
WVH (Cologne) |
11/21/1907 |
3 |
|
| Oelfke, Ernest |
Took in a dance in Coligne. |
|
Norwood Times |
1/10/1908 |
11 |
2 |
| Colbert, P.A. (Mrs.) |
Guests Hanna Mangan and Bridget Colbert from St. Paul. |
|
Norwood Times |
1/10/1908 |
11 |
1 |
| Schmalz, Edwin |
Is attending business college in Minneapolis. |
Education: Colleges & Universities |
lph |
2/6/1908 |
1 |
3 |
| Cologen Depot |
robbed |
|
Norwood Times |
3/6/1908 |
1 |
4 |
| Logering, Louis |
Graduated from the State Agricultural College in St. Paul. |
Education: Colleges & Universities |
lph |
3/26/1908 |
5 |
3 |
| Reywold, Rev. |
someone stole his team of horses from the fisher church south of cologne |
|
Norwood Times |
6/19/1908 |
1 |
4 |
| Doherty, John F. |
graduated form st. thomascollege and will enter the seminary next fall to study for the priesthood |
|
Norwood Times |
6/19/1908 |
8 |
5 |
| Drier, John |
finished college courses in wisconsin and will teach a german school in nebraska |
|
Norwood Times |
6/26/1908 |
8 |
4 |
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