Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Danielson, Horace Family |
moved to WAtertown |
|
Carver County News |
11/17/1932 |
3 |
2 |
| Schools - Watertown |
Watertown High School - Band plays over KSTP |
- Arts: Music: Bands
- Communication: Radio |
Carver County News |
12/1/1932 |
1 |
1 |
| Cities - Watertown |
Highland Park - For sale by Watertown Improvement League |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Carver County News |
12/8/1932 |
2 |
2 |
| Government Taxes - Watertown |
Personal property tax list 1932 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Carver County News |
1/12/1933 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Watertown |
G. A. R., installation of officers. Names of officiers, committee heads & delegates |
- Government: Agencies & Authorities
- Government: Organizations |
Carver County News |
1/12/1933 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
People's State Bank: Watertown will have a State Bank |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Waconia Patriot |
2/2/1933 |
1 |
|
| Ponsford, James J. |
Judge finds Watertown banker to be innocent |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/16/1933 |
1 |
2 |
| Crimes |
Judge finds Watertown banker to be innocent. |
Law & Justice: Judicial Authority |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/16/1933 |
1 |
3 |
| Berndt, Carolina |
Death Notice (Watertown) |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/23/1933 |
7 |
4 |
| Churches - Watertown |
Watertown Lutheran Church to hold 75th anniversary Jubilee (Photos) |
- Religion: Churches: Lutheran
- Anniversaries: 75th Anniversaries |
Carver County News |
5/25/1933 |
1 |
1 |
| Schools - Watertown |
WHS - Graduation exercises |
Education: High Schools |
Waconia Patriot |
6/1/1933 |
1 |
1 |
| Churches - Watertown |
Watertown Lutheran Church holds jubilee |
- Religion: Churches: Lutheran
- Anniversaries: 75th Anniversaries |
Carver County News |
6/8/1933 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
Peoples State Bank - Watertown's new bank opens Friday Morning |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Waconia Patriot |
9/14/1933 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
American State Bank: Watertown's new bank opens Friday morning |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Waconia Patriot |
9/14/1933 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Watertown |
PTA - 1st regular meeting of the school year & election of officers |
Government: Organizations |
Carver County News |
10/5/1933 |
5 |
3 |
| Churches - Watertown |
Swedish Lutheran - The Ladies Aid Society held their yearly business meeting & election of officers |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Carver County News |
1/11/1934 |
1 |
2 |
| Wagener, Tony P., Mr. & Mrs. |
They moved from Waconia to Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
5/3/1934 |
2 |
3 |
| Goodwin, J.S., Mr. & Mrs. |
Moved to Watertown and have opened a combination barber shop & jewelry store |
|
Carver County News |
5/10/1934 |
5 |
3 |
| Lowell, James |
Watertown boy is now editor of the Free Press, a new newspaper at Watertown, Wisconsin |
|
Carver County News |
6/14/1934 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Rex Theatre closes its doors |
Business & Industry: Theaters, Movie |
Carver County News |
6/28/1934 |
1 |
1 |
| McLeod, W.H. |
Moves his Watertown jewelry store to Minneapolis |
|
Carver County News |
7/5/1934 |
2 |
2 |
| Organizations - Carver County |
4-H Club News - Sugar City 4-H Club, Hollywood 4-H Club, Watertown 4-H Club & Silver Creek 4-H Club |
Children & Youth: Programs: 4-H |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/2/1934 |
8 |
|
| Lohmar, Hubert |
Bought the Nils Lundquist farm north of Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
8/9/1934 |
2 |
3 |
| Hallgren, H.A., Dr. |
Died. Funeral held at Watertown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/20/1934 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
Watertown Bakery will again give free movie tickets to children under 12, if they bring in 12 bread wrappers |
Business & Industry: Restaurants |
Carver County News |
9/20/1934 |
2 |
2 |
| Savage, E.W., Rev. |
Pastor of the Community Church in Watertown called to Bayport, Minn. |
|
Carver County News |
10/11/1934 |
1 |
2 |
| Wagner, Tony P. |
He moved his family from Watertown to Waconia |
|
Carver County News |
11/29/1934 |
2 |
12 |
| Government - Taxes |
Personal property taxes 1934 - Watertown & Hollywood |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Carver County News |
1/17/1935 |
2 |
|
| Olsen, Harry E., Major |
New lawyer to head law office in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
2/7/1935 |
1 |
4 |
| Rommel, Henry |
Has bought the A.J. Carlson property in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
3/7/1935 |
6 |
1 |
| Organizations/Clubs - Chaska |
Eastern Star entertained 75 guests from Waconia, Watertown, Shakopee & Young America |
History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/28/1935 |
1 |
|
| Bleedorn, William |
Bell factory once flourished in Watertown. Article of history |
|
Carver County News |
5/9/1935 |
1 |
1 |
| Brandenburg, Martin, Mr. & Mrs. |
They moved their family back to Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
6/13/1935 |
2 |
1 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Radde & Company - Watertown to get another meat market |
Business & Industry: Grocery Stores |
Carver County News |
6/13/1935 |
1 |
4 |
| Organizations - Carver County |
4-H Club - County 4-H clubs to picnic at Watertown. Championship kittenball game will be highlight; Achievement day set for July 17th |
- Children & Youth: Programs: 4-H
- Sports & Recreation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/27/1935 |
1 |
|
| Crime |
Man 33, boy 17 caught stealing fowl. 2 chicken thieves were brought in from Watertown by Sheriff Trende. |
Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/11/1935 |
1 |
|
| Platt, J.L. |
Watertown depot agent has been transferred to Prinsburg |
|
Carver County News |
7/25/1935 |
2 |
4 |
| Maas, John H. |
Became the owner of the Black Cat Cafe in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
10/31/1935 |
2 |
1 |
| Cities - Watertown |
Watertown's New City Hall has been complete (Oddities from news of week) |
Buildings: Halls |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1935 |
1 |
|
| McLeod, W.,H. |
Passed away in Minneapolis; former Watertown Jeweler |
|
Carver County News |
12/5/1935 |
2 |
1 |
Information contained in this database has been obtained from the files of the Carver County Historical Society Library; specifically, the newspaper index (in the future to include scrapbooks, family histories etc...). As with any information source, errors, inconsistencies, and accuracy in spelling and content are unavoidable. Therefore,
we suggest checking for alternate spellings when researching individual names or places. We have tried to include alternatives whenever possible.
Some examples of alternate spellings include:
Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
The Carver County Historical Society is grateful to Southwest Newspapers for their generous financial support of the newspaper indexing project.
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