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The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota*

Edwin Sylvester Jr. has appendicitis; Shriner's meeting in Des Moines

February 25, 1921 - July 22, 1921


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About 70 were present. The hall was completely transformed by means of numerous easy chairs, floor lamps, rugs, plants, etc., giving it a cozy home appearance. (NOTE: Baked ham dinner at 7 and program following).
March 4, 1921- Mrs. G. F. Sylvester went to Rochester Thursday afternoon on a short visit to her daughter, Miss Katherine.
March 11, 1921- E. L. Sylvester left for Rochester Wednesday afternoon to be present at the operation of her son, Edwin Jr.
Mrs. E. L. Sylvester went to Rochester Tuesday morning to meet her son, Edwin of Minneapolis, who was to undergo an operation for appendicitis. He had suffered the third attack from the affliction and an operation was imperative.
March 25, 1921- Edwin Sylvester Jr. was able to return home from the hospital Saturday afternoon. He has made a quick recovery from his operation and is feeling fine.
Mrs. E. L. Sylvester went to Rochester last Friday on a visit to her son, Edwin.
H. D. Smith, E. L. Sylvester, and Dr. E. E. Smith left for Winona Thursday morning to attend the Maundy-Thursday banquet of the Scottish Rite masons.
April 1, 1921- Miss Katherine Sylvester of Rochester spent Easter Sunday at home, returning Monday morning.
April 22, 1921- Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester left for St. Paul last Friday afternoon where he attended a meeting of life insurance agents.
April 29, 1921- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester left for Minneapolis Thursday to spend a few days and while there attend the White Shrine meeting.
May 6, 1921- Mrs. Meta Holmes came down from Minneapolis Wednesday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester.
May 13, 1921- Mesdames E. W. Schwanbeck, and G. F. Sylvester left Tuesday morning for Albert Lea to attend the district meeting of the Women’s Federation of Clubs.
E. L. Sylvester, Mesdames C. L. Waterman, and E. J. Thurman left for St. Paul Tuesday to attend the Eastern Star Grand Chapter, the latter two delegates from the local lodge.
June 3, 1921- Mrs. J. P. Caldwell came down from St. Paul last week on a visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester.
June 10, 1921- Miss Katherine Sylvester came over from Rochester Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester.
June 17, 1921- Miss Marion Sylvester who has been attending Northwestern University returned home the first of the week for the summer vacation. She joined her parents Monday on a trip to the big Shrine meeting at Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester, Glenn Mack, and Roscoe Schwanbeck drove to Rochester Monday where they joined a party of Shriners on their trip to Des Moines, Iowa to attend the Imperial gathering.
June 24, 1921- The Shriners who attended the Imperial meeting at Des Moines last week returned home Friday morning. They report a jolly time and a great entertainment but all were pretty tired from the several days of strenuous life during the hot weather, and it sure was warm in Des Moines.
July 1, 1921- Mesdames G. F. Sylvester, Matt Schilling, and Henry Limekoul will entertain the Congregational Guild at the home of Mrs. Sylvester next Wednesday afternoon. Gentlemen are invited to lunch.
July 22, 1921- We have all known for sometime that E. L. Sylvester is some fisherman, but recently he pulled one that caps them all. It is said that while fishing at Pugh’s Point recently, he landed 2 fish – a bass and a pickerel – at the same time on an artificial minnow. If it were not that we considered Edwin truthful, even when telling a fish story, and that the statement is verified by T. A. Askew, we might suspect that someone had put up a job on him. However, this is the real fact and we must consider the statement


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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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