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The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota*

More planning for new school construction; Tea parties

June 7, 1903 - August 21, 1903


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Miss Abbie Redding, the guest being former acquaintances of that lady. (NOTE: Miss Redding was a former teacher in the Plainview Schools).
June 7, 1903 Sunday- We took a ride in the afternoon down to East Indian Creek. E. L. Sylvester, Frank Sylvester, F. L. Meachum and families went along. We had lunch about 5 o'clock and then came on home. -Dickman Diary.
June 12, 1903- Mesdames I. W. Grove, E. L. Sylvester... Rev. G. W. Wise attended Sunday School convention at Elgin this week.
The following delegates attended the district Epworth League Convention at Pine Island... Miss Nettie Sylvester...
E. L. Sylvester went to Elgin yesterday evening.
June 13, 1903 Saturday- Frank Sylvester, P. C. Wood and I went to St. Paul on the evening train to look up brick for our new school house. -Dickman Diary.
June 14, 1903 Sunday- F. Sylvester, P. C. Wood and I was in St. Paul in the forenoon and went to Minneapolis towards evening. -Dickman Diary.
June 15, 1903 Monday- Sylvester, Wood and I was in Minneapolis in the forenoon and Frank and I went to St. Paul in the afternoon and in the evening Frank and I went to Stillwater. -Dickman Diary.
June 16, 1903 Tuesday- Frank Sylvester came home in the morning and I stayed over and picked out my fur coats and came home in the evening. -Dickman Diary.
June 19, 1903- Messrs. Dickman, Sylvester, Wood, and Slocumb, members of the school board, went to the Cities last week to investigate the matter of building materials to be used on the new school building, as the kind of brick and other materials will have to be definitely settled before contracts are let...
A party of ladies took advantage of the fine weather and good roads to drive across country to Rochester Thursday. The company consisted of Mesdames E. L. Sylvester, A. A. Marshall, L. T. Meachum, C. D. Burchard, G. F. Sylvester, J. H. Eggers, J. F. Thompson, and Miss Electa Sylvester.
June 26, 1903- The Women Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will meet with Mrs. E. L. Sylvester on Friday afternoon July 3. A ten cent tea will be served at 6 o'clock. All will be welcome.
July 10, 1903- Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester drove to Kellog Monday and they took the train for St. Paul. Mr. Sylvester attended the State Bankers Convention during his absence.
July 14, 1903 Tuesday- Frank Sylvester and I went over to Viola to see the rock man. -Dickman Diary.
July 17, 1903- E. L. Sylvester and family left for Camp Schmoker yesterday for a short outing.
Geo. H. Dickman and G. F. Sylvester made a business trip to Viola Tuesday evening.
August 7, 1903- Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester and children left Saturday morning on a visit to her parents.
August 10, 1903 Monday- Callers were Mrs. Leatherman and her sister, Mrs. Sylvester and Mrs. Marshall. -Dickman Diary.
August 12, 1903 Wednesday- Callers were Mrs. M. Wood, Mrs. E. Sylvester, and Meta, and Grandmother and Mrs. Stephans. -Dickman Diary.
August 14, 1903- Misses Electa Sylvester and Nettie Sylvester visited in Elgin Friday evening.
Miss Meta Sylvester entertained her Junior League class at a picnic on the church lawn Wednesday afternoon. She was assisted by Miss Lillian Grove.
August 21, 1903- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester entertained a company of ladies at a 5 o'clock tea Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester and daughters returned Sunday from their visit with


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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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