Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| St. Boni Post Office |
Burglers blow up safe and shoot Marshal |
Law & Justice: Crime |
L.P. |
1/26/1911 |
1 |
1 |
| Postal Service - St. Bonifacius |
Crack post office safe |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Young America Eagle |
1/27/1911 |
1 |
|
| Fink, Anton |
Family moved to St. Bonifacius |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/11/1911 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - St. Boni |
Fire at Logelin Bros. saw & feed mill |
- Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/11/1911 |
4 |
|
| Fink, Anton |
Family moves over from St. Bonifacius |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/14/1911 |
3 |
|
| School - St. Bonifacius |
Catholic School - Destructive fire at St. Bonifacius |
- Education: Private Schools
- Disasters: Fires |
Waconia Patriot |
10/25/1912 |
1 |
|
| Zahrendt, Louis |
of Maple Plain wil be St. Boni Star Correspondene from No. Minnestrista |
|
St. Boni Star |
10/17/1913 |
1 |
6 |
| Zahrendt, Louis |
of Maple Plain will be St. Boni correspondent from No. Minnestrista |
|
St. Boni Star |
10/17/1913 |
1 |
6 |
| St. Boniface Catholic School House |
Dedication |
|
St. Boni Star |
11/21/1913 |
4 |
3 |
| Jager, Father |
of St. Boniface accepted offer from the St. Paul Dispatch |
|
St. Bon Star |
11/28/1913 |
1 |
3 |
| Kline, Frank B. |
New owner of St. Boni Harness Shop purchased from Henry Gothmann |
|
St. Boni Star |
3/6/1914 |
1 |
3 |
| St. Boni Star Printing Plant |
Moving to new quarters |
|
St Boni Star |
3/20/1914 |
2 |
2 |
| St. Bonifacius Commercial Cluc |
Organization meeting |
|
St Boni Star |
4/10/1914 |
1 |
3&4 |
| Luce Line Electric Railway |
Expects to be completed to St. Boni by 11/01/1914 |
|
St. Boni Star |
8/28/1914 |
1 |
6 |
| Jager, Frances (Rev.) |
Has large apiary at St. Boni & Mound |
|
St. Boni Star |
9/4/1914 |
1 |
4 |
| General Electric Co. |
May extend lights to St. Boni, Waconia, Watertown & Delano |
Business & Industry: Utilities & Power |
SBS |
9/14/1914 |
1 |
2 |
| St Boni Star |
Has new editor & publisher |
|
St Boni Star |
12/4/1914 |
4 |
1 |
| St. Boni Village Hall |
Caucus to discuss new village hall and fire house. |
|
St. Boni Star |
2/12/1915 |
1 |
6 |
| Patriot |
Purchases St. Boni Star |
|
St. Boni Star |
3/19/1915 |
1 |
5 |
| St. Boni Electricity |
To be completed Sept. 1, 1915 |
|
St. Boni Star |
5/7/1915 |
1 |
6 |
| Cities - St. Bonifacius |
St. Bonifacius will get electric lights. |
Government: Public Utilities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/13/1915 |
6 |
|
| St. Bonifacius/Minnestrista Separation |
Election notice |
|
St Boni Star |
6/4/1915 |
8 |
5 |
| St. Bonifacius/Minnetrista Separation |
Election notice |
|
St. Boni Store |
6/18/1915 |
1 |
2 |
| St. Boni Electricity |
To be completed Sept. 1, 1915 |
|
St. Boni Star |
6/18/1915 |
1 |
5&6 |
| St. Bonifacius Star |
Two years old |
|
St. Boni Store |
7/30/1915 |
1 |
2 |
| Minnetonka Canning Factory |
in St. Bonifacius: Article & pictures |
|
St Boni Star |
8/13/1915 |
1 |
1 |
| Minnetonka Canning Factory |
in St. Bonifacius: Article |
|
St. Bon Star |
8/13/1915 |
5 |
2-5 |
| Minnetonka Canning Factory |
in St. Bonifacius: Article & pictures |
|
St Boni Star |
8/13/1915 |
1 |
4 |
| St. Boniface Cemetery |
Steel arch over entrance given |
|
St. Boni Star |
10/15/1915 |
1 |
3 |
| Logelin, John |
Buys out brothers interest-became the sole owner of the St. Bonifacius Feed & Sawmill |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/18/1915 |
8 |
|
| St. Boni Electricity |
To be completed Sept. 1, 1915 |
|
St. Boni Star |
11/26/1915 |
1 |
5 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
St. Boni Bank (New) Peoples State Bank opened 9/1/1916 - Photo & article |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
StBoniStar |
10/16/1916 |
1 |
1 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
St. Boni Bank (New) Peoples State Bank opened 9/1/1916 - (Photo & article |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
StBoniStar |
10/20/1916 |
1 |
2 - 5 |
| St. Bonifacius Sugar Beet Factory |
To be built in spring. |
|
St. Boni Star |
1/26/1917 |
4 |
4 |
| Logelin, John |
Re-elected Mayor of St. Bonifacius |
|
St. Boni Star |
3/16/1917 |
1 |
2 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
Swanson Lumber Yards: Lumberyard burned at St. Boni |
- Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber
- Disasters: Fires |
Waconia Patriot |
6/21/1917 |
1 |
|
| St. Bonifacius Lumber Co. |
Was ablaze, caused from spark from train |
|
St. Boni Star |
6/22/1917 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
Swanson Lumber: John Swanson sells lumber interest to the Stearns Lumber Co., Hutchinson |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Waconia Patriot |
7/5/1917 |
1 |
|
| St. Bonifacius Lumber Co. |
Was ablaze, caused from spark from train |
|
St. Boni Star |
7/6/1917 |
1 |
5&6 |
| Businesses - St. Bonifacius |
Minnetonka Canning Company at St. Bonifacius. The bean crop is excellent |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Waconia Patriot |
8/2/1917 |
1 |
|
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