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The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota*

Plainview Shriners; Chester Byrl Caldwell born; deer hunting

July 2, 1920 - December 17, 1920


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morning.
July 9, 1920- Mesdames Reed Mills and G. F. Sylvester will entertain the Congregational Guild next Wednesday July 14 at the Sylvester home. Husbands of the ladies are invited.
July 23, 1920- E. L. Sylvester and peter Wood made a fine catch of pike at Camp Schmoker last Monday. It takes the old timers to lure the fish.
July 30, 1920- Miss Katherine Sylvester of Rochester spent a few days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester last week.
August 13, 1920- Miss Katherine Sylvester of Rochester spent Sunday with her parents in the city.
August 20, 1920- Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester returned last Saturday from a weeks auto tour to Minneapolis, Duluth, and other northern Minnesota points.
September 3, 1920- The Plainview Shriners (NOTE: included – E. L. Sylvester) made a trip to Eau Claire, Wisconsin Saturday where they attended a big ceremonial. They report might poor roads through the sand.
September 10, 1920- Mrs. Edwin L. Sylvester left for Minneapolis Tues evening to act on the reception committee at the reception in honor of Mrs. Warren G. Harding, wife of the Republican Presidential nominee at the Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, on Wednesday September 8.
October 1, 1920- Edwin Sylvester left for Minneapolis Tuesday to again enter the State University.
Miss Katherine Sylvester, who has been enjoying a weeks vacation at home, returned to Rochester Saturday to resume her work at the May Clinic.
October 8, 1920- Travelers – October 11 – Miss Mary Lahey
"Gleaning of the Republican Convention" – Mrs. E. L. Sylvester.
October 15, 1920- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester visited Rochester last Saturday.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Caldwell Jr. 644 Marshall Ave. St. Paul, a son on Saturday October 9. We congratulate Grandpa and Grandma E. L. Sylvester. (NOTE: Chester Byrl. Chester will die from blood poisoning in his early teen years.)
November 5, 1920- Miss Katherine Sylvester came over from Rochester last Saturday and spent Sunday at the home of her parents.
November 12, 1920- The following Plainviewites left Thursday morning for the northern part of the state to enjoy a big game hunt: E. L. Sylvester, E. G. Krause, Curtis Slawson, John Allen, Will Gorrell, John Donaldson, and W. T. Lea… (NOTE: Deer hunting)
November 19, 1920- Edwin Sylvester Jr. came down from Minneapolis last Saturday and spent Sunday at his home here.
November 26, 1920- The remainder of our deer hunters (NOTE: E. L. included) returned home Tuesday night each bringing a fine deer with him. This makes a total of 11 deer received in Plainview. In the latter party a large moose weighing 900 pounds was killed. When the party left for home there was a foot of snow on the ground in the northern part of the state.
Mrs. G. F. Sylvester left last week for Chicago and Port Byron Ill. on a few days visit to her daughters.
December 3, 1920- Mrs. G. F. Sylvester, who has been spending a week with her daughters at Chicago and Port Byron, Ill. returned home Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester entertained a large party of friends at their home Monday evening. 500 and a splendid lunch was the pleasure of the evening.
December 10, 1920- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester left for Minneapolis Monday afternoon as a delegate at large from the first district to attend the state convention of the League of Women Voters, held in the ballroom of the Curtis Court Hotel in that city.
December 17, 1920- The big game hunters, 9 in number, enjoyed an excellent game dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester Wednesday evening. After enjoying


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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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