Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Businesses - Waconia |
Mock's Cigar Factory - Waconia will employ 5 people |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/18/1900 |
4 |
|
| Miller, Joe |
Bought H.R. Volkenant's brick home in Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
5 |
|
| Volkenant, H. R. |
sold brick home in Waconia ato Joe Miller |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/25/1900 |
5 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Waconia Weiner Wurst club meets every Sunday afternoon & evening |
Government: Organizations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/8/1900 |
8 |
|
| Miller, Frank |
Waconia. Will open a saloon at the depot |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/12/1900 |
8 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Celebrate Golden Jubilee |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
5/7/1900 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Watertown Stars - Game between Stars & Waconia Blues |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Carver County News |
5/10/1900 |
4 |
3 |
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church ordered 600,000 Chaska bricks from Klein Bros. for new church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/21/1900 |
5 |
|
| Grates, Theodore |
laying brick at the new Catholic Church in Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/26/1900 |
5 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Waconia - Ceremonies, including laying of the cornerstone; neighboring congregations were present for the ceremonies of the new church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/26/1900 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - The walls of the church are up |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/23/1900 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Poppits Store located 6 miles north of Chaska on the Chaska & Waconia - Store burned |
- Business & Industry: General Stores
- Disasters: Fires |
Carver County News |
9/6/1900 |
4 |
2 |
| Grausam, Mary |
Waconia. Married Edward Krugler |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/13/1900 |
8 |
|
| Krugler, Edward |
Waconia (married Mary Grausam; ceremony included the older couple Krugers repeating their vows. |
|
W. Valley Herald |
9/13/1900 |
3 |
|
| Mock, Eugene H. |
Waconia ( moving cigar factory into the Kugler Bldg.) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/13/1900 |
8 |
6 |
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Workmen are pushing their work on the church tower to be completed in 2 weeks |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/1/1900 |
2b |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - The cross now adorns the tower of the church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald (Waconia) |
11/29/1900 |
4 |
|
| Decker, Hubert |
Benton - died suddenly at Waconia |
Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/6/1900 |
1 |
0 |
| Decker, Hubert |
the late contractor of the new Catholic church structure in Waconia at the time of his death |
Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1900 |
5 |
0 |
| Wesels, John |
contemplates erecting a sorghum factory at Waconia soon |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/7/1901 |
4 |
|
| Mock, Fred |
A good purchase.-Fred Mock purchased the Eiselein Store building in Waconia. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/9/1901 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - New church being plastered, expect structure to be completed by July 1st. |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
WVH (Waconia) |
5/9/1901 |
8 |
|
| Brandt, (Prof) |
Was engaged as Principal of Waconia Public School, replacing Prof. George Metzold |
Education: Public Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/20/1901 |
1B |
2 |
| Metzold, Prof. George |
Has resigned as Principal of Waconia Public School. Prof Brandt has been engaged to replace him. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/20/1901 |
1b |
2 |
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - The new Catholic church will be dedicated soon |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
WVH (Waconia) |
8/8/1901 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph Catholic Church - New Catholic church was dedicated, Sept. 5, 1901 |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/22/1901 |
5b |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Dedication service on Sept. 5th |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/29/1901 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Dedication of St. Joseph's Church, with impressive ceremonies by Archbishop Ireland |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/12/1901 |
4 |
|
| Waconia Catholic Church |
Dedication of the new Catholic church of Waconia. |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
lph |
9/13/1901 |
8 |
3 |
| Bauernschmidt, Martin |
Has taken his departure for Texas, where he will make his home. He was an old settler here. (Waconia ) |
Housing: New Homes |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/26/1901 |
6 |
|
| Boll, Andrew Sr. |
Moved with his family to Waconia, their future home. |
Housing: Residences |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1901 |
4 |
|
| Schools - Watertown |
4 teachers attend meeting at Waconia |
- Education: High Schools
- Education: Teachers |
Carver County News |
11/28/1901 |
1 |
4 |
| Grivelli, H.J., Dr. |
Locating practice at Waconia, he & family just returned from Tennessee |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1902 |
2B |
|
| Linderberg, Mrs. H. of Waconia |
10 year old daughter - died |
|
lph |
4/18/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Lakes - Lake Waconia |
Game wardens, Johnson & DeMan arrested 2 men with 110 ft net filled with fish |
Government: Law Enforcement |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/29/1902 |
1 |
|
| Gatz, Julius |
Is the leaading blacksmith of Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/19/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Allmann & Simon |
The North Star House, Waconia; the new proprietors |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/26/1902 |
1 |
|
| Baseball |
Watertown Star & Waconia (12) Vs Minneapolis Club (9) |
|
Carver County News-Banner Page |
7/3/1902 |
1 |
2 |
| Baseball |
Waconia Ball Club-7 + Glencoe -9 |
|
ccn-1st Banner Page |
10/2/1902 |
1 |
3 |
| Watertown Silver Coronet Band |
Has been engaged to play at Republican Rally at Waconia |
|
Carver County News-1st Banner Page |
10/30/1902 |
1 |
2 |
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