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The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota*

Greenwood Prairie Telephone Company meeting; Edwin Sylvester travels to Buffalo, NY

February 7, 1908 - March 20, 1908


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dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Burchard and Marshall’s and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester came over here after supper. –Dickman Diary.
January 24, 1908- Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester entertained a company of friends at their home on West Broadway Wednesday evening at a 6 o’clock dinner. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed by the guests.
Travelers Meeting January 27- Mrs. G. F. Sylvester
Vocal Solo- Anna Sylvester
"McKinley’s Administration" Mrs. G. F. Sylvester
Instrumental Solo- Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Sylvester, Miss Shaughnessey
February 7, 1908- Meeting of Greenwood Prairie Telephone Company Saturday February 1 G. A. R. Hall. Board of Directors… E. L. Sylvester…
February 21, 1908- Old Settlers. E. L. Sylvester elected secretary
Travelers Club- February 24, Mrs. Grove
"Education in the East" Mrs. G. F. Sylvester
March 6, 1908- E. L. Sylvester made a business trip to Elba Monday.
March 13, 1908- Village election. E. L. Sylvester 246 votes for treasurer.
March 20, 1908- Travelers March 23, G. F. Sylvester
Instrumental Solo- Mrs. Austin, Mrs. G. F. Sylvester & Miss Shaughnessey
Among those from here who went over to Elgin Wednesday afternoon to the Commercial Club meeting were: C. D. Burchard, E. L. Sylvester, G. H. Dickman and F. L. Gilbert.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church will meet with Mrs. G. F. Sylvester Wednesday afternoon.
G. F. Sylvester, William Mack, J. Thompson and I attended the school board meeting in Wabasha. We drove to Weaver and took the train from there. We got back about 10:30. –Dickman Diary.
March 27, 1908- The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will meet with Mrs. G. F. Sylvester April 3rd at the usual hour.
The Misses Vera Saxe, Nettie and Meta Sylvester came down from Minneapolis Saturday to enjoy the spring vacation at home.
April 3, 1908- Geo. F. Sylvester and daughter, Miss Anna, left Saturday for Oberlin, Ohio where the latter will enter the Oberlin College.
The Misses Vera Saxe, Nettie and Meta Sylvester returned to Minneapolis Tuesday morning to resume their studies at Hamline.
Travelers Club April 6- Mrs. Strubles. "American magazines and their influence on literature" Mrs. G. F. Sylvester.
April 17, 1908- Canning Factory Meeting. 15 stockholders joined together. E. L. Sylvester treasurer.
Travelers Club April 20, Mrs. H. G. Austin, Piano Duet "Mocking Bird" by Hoffman- Mesdames Austin and G. F. Sylvester.
E. L. Sylvester and Earl Southwick left Tuesday morning for Buffalo, New York on a business trip and will be absent several days.
April 24, 1908- Mesdames G. F. Sylvester, C. H. Bush, H. D. Smith and Albert Koenig drove to Minneiska Wednesday morning where they took the train for Winona to spend the day in the city.
Mrs. E. L. Sylvester and son Byrl, went to the Cities this Friday morning on a short visit to her daughter, Misses Nettie and Meta Sylvester.
E. L. Sylvester and Earl Southwick returned from their trip to Buffalo, New York Sunday.
May 1, 1908- At an entertainment given by the freshmen of Hamline University to the Juniors at the Wes Hotel in Minneapolis last Tuesday evening, among those who


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* SOURCE: Manzow, Ron (compiler), "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota - a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884": Plainview Area History Center, 40 4th St. S.W., Plainview, MN 55964. Compiled in 2001.

NOTE: from Ron Manzow, December 2001: "Feel free to reproduce the pages for anyone who wants a copy. It was compiled to be shared... All I ask is that they consider sending a check to the [Plainview Area] History Center to help us out. That should be enough."


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