Athens Christmas Trade and Local Infrastructure Outlook
The Athens Messenger notes strong Christmas shopping with crowded stores and a brisk holiday trade. It reports on river dam appropriations for Guid River and Culllums Ripple, bank burglaries nationwide, and a tax reform bill reducing internal revenue by about 40 million dollars. The piece urges community action to attract manufacturing, proposing a live board of trade to spur local development.
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Athens
Harbor Hill
Liverpool
Wellaburg
Sistersville
Cullum’s Ripple
Cincinnati
Cullums Ripple
Ohio River
Congress
Hanna Questions Ship Subsidy in Senate Speech
In a Senate speech on the ship subsidy bill Senator Hanna warns that war among major European maritime powers could collapse global trade and leave the United States unable to export. He questions paying an $8,000,000 subsidy over twenty years to avert such a collapse and protect merchants farmers and workers.
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U.S. Senate
Hanna
Germany
England
France
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Holand
United States
Out of Town News From Canannville and Nearby Areas
Canannville sees a flurry of visits as Mrs Secoy Mrs Seville Mr Bubler and others call on friends in Guysville county seat and nearby towns. Myrtle Webster hosts Sabbath pals while Grase Bay, a district teacher, treats pupils to Christmas candy and fruit. Isaiah Williams returns to Canannville to live with daughter Mrs Graham as O L Hoisington steps back from business duties. Funeral services mark the death of Harry Droz. Rev Cherrington and Rev Pilcher officiate at M E church with burial in Leyland cemetery.
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MS. Secoy
Cuysville
Blanche Seville
Guysville
John Bubler
Grant Walraven
New England
A. B. Brown
W. T. Leyland
James Earley
Myrtie Webster
Sabbeta
Grase Bay
Lewis Graham
Sarah Graham
Charleston
W.va
Graham
Isaiah Williams
Misouri
Canaanville
O. L. Hoisington
L. C. Webster & Co
Misa Myrtle Webster
M. E
L. Cherringen
Cherrington
Harry
Seldon Droz
Pilcher
Leyland
Christmas visitors and celebrations in Guysville area
A roundup of holiday visits and gatherings across Guysville and nearby towns. D W Cornell and Arthur Fuller came from Parkersburg and Porter respectively, relatives stayed with local families, and numerous guests joined Christmas exercises, weddings, and family dinners at M E Church, Chester, Chillicothe, Athens, and other local homes.
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D.W. Cornell
Parkersburg
Viera Calvert
Marietta
M. E
Arthur Fuller
Porter
W. Va
Heiman
Zaleski
C. C. Hulbert
E.E. Bean
Snowhill
Alabama
Alrs. Clifford
Nelsonville
Sarah Bunyan
Lottridge
James Eliott
Carrie Fuller
Grant Hopital
Columbus
C. Stewart
D. S. Russell
Pilcher
Kirkendall
Chillicothe
Jefferson County
James Fenwick
Iiam Wiley
Reedsville
Coleman
Tupper’s Plains
H. A. Hatch
W. S. Coleman
Chester
Ha Coleman
Reedaville
Maud
Mabel Coleman
Athens
Sirs. E. M. Coleman
Christmas Socials and Visits Highlight Buchtel News
Belfountaine resident Charlie Lee visits. many locals host and travel for Christmas. Families from Columbus Logan Delaware and Pennsylvania gather or return home. A M E Church ladder event replaces the tree and a Murray City dance draws crowds. Six year old Bennie Greenfield is seriously ill with membranous croup but improving after throat tube insertion.
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Bennie Greenfield
Gas expert Welch reports on Southern Kansas interests
Charles H. Welch of Athens Ohio, famed for gas manufacturing expertise, is in New York and Chicago reporting on large gas investments. He will oversee Southern Kansas and Indian Territory deals for New York capitalists, with plans to divide time between the West and Athens, where his family will remain.
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Charles H. Welch
Athens
Ohio
Waldorf-Astoria
Welch
Kansas
Indian Territory
New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago
Kansas City
W C T U Meeting Scheduled January First
The W C T U will hold a regular session Tuesday afternoon January 1 at the Methodist parsonage. The exercises begin at two o'clock. Items and reports from the Washington convention will be reviewed. All women are invited to attend.
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Methodist Parsonage
Washington
Excursion Tickets On Sale By C and M W R B E Agents
Excursion tickets will be sold by all C and M W R B E ticket agents on December 23 24 25 and 31 1900 and on January 1 1901 with return validity to January 3 1901.
Financial statement of The First National Bank Athens Ohio
An 1900 bank statement lists assets and liabilities including loans and discounts over drafts secured and unsecured, bonds on hand, securities, and real estate owned. It notes deposits, reserve counts, and a separate local surveyor report on magnetic needle declination dated 1900 with multiple observations by S H Hibbard County Surveyor for Athens County.
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Suen Hanks
Oot
Iteseme
Hye
Internal Revenue
Sae Weg
Jan Hil Boney Reserve
Declination of the Magnetic Needle Reported
The Athens County Surveyor notes magnetic declination readings on several dates. Measurements show shifts of westward deviation from true north at specific times in 1900, with updates from February and March.
Magnetic declination at Athens Ohio July 21 1900
Declination of the magnetic needle observed at the surveyors office in ss County Ohio on July 21 1900 shows westward deflection of 21 minutes and 1 degree in relation to true north as indicated by the meridian. County Surveyor A S Risbard signs the notice.
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Andrew Parker
Athens County
Ohio
Augusta Parker
Farrer
Athens
S A. Risbard
County
Surveror
Athens Ohio County Surveyor Notes Descent of Line
County Surveyor S BH Hibbard records a survey at Athens Ohio on August 5 indicating a bearing of 72 minutes west and a descent of line to the north end, noting date and location in a terse field entry.
Declination Reading From Athens County Survey
Survey note from Athens County Ohio dated Sept 6 1900 records magnetic needle declination at 0 degrees 5 minutes west at 8 o clock a m on September 24 1900 as laid down to the meridian by H S Hibbard County Surveyor origin appears.
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Athens County
Athens
Orig
H. Hibbard
Declination of Magnetic Needle Recorded in Athens County
The surveyor reports the magnetic needle declination at 1 o clock a.m. on October 2, 1906 as 7 degrees 24 minutes west. This reading aligns with the meridian lines laid down at Athens Ohio, signed by County Surveyor Hibbard.
Magnetic needle readings from Athens County survey notes
Surcevox's Office Athens County Ohio notes dated 1900 and 1908 record magnetic needle readings at 3 o clock and 5 o clock with directions toward west of true north. Surveys by S. Hibbard county surveyor list dates December 24 1900 and November 23 1900 with meridian alignment and westward deviation.
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H. Baker
Delaware
George McIntyre
Baby
J. E. Brown
John Fox
Mike Leyden
Nanank Kate
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J.A. Wallace
Margaret
Sadie Byron
Italia C. Rettenmier
Kate Sheskey
M. E. Church
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Brother James
Pennsylvania
Joe Sharmecker
Murray City
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Sam Summers
Ailk
Flaunelett House
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