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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
The article urges readers to cut out and preserve weekly details about railway promotion through Col Boone to allow Athens to advance quickly and gain first control of the territory.
Engineers under B. E. Cutler of Pittsburg locate the proposed line in Athens County. A mass meeting at the Athens Opera House on Thursday June 15 at 7 30 p m aims to raise six thousand dollars under the Soone railroad promoting plan. The note promises repayment and 100 percent net profit with 5 percent interest until repaid, pledging the Zanesville to Athens franchise.
A front page item outlines data about a donation note and form used for a railroad promotion campaign. The document details options for contributing funds, donors, and the form layout to record gifts and acknowledgments. It highlights the promotion's goals and procedural steps for submitting support.
On back page of Boone's Railroad promotion note a receipt issued by the designated trust company is transferable and a negotiable contract with no liability beyond the subscriber amount.
A note outlines a business proposition for an electric railroad to be presented to a Board of Trustees for collection. It indicates the document’s intended distribution to the governance body overseeing financial or asset matters.
Mrs Lydia Lewis of Calvary spent a few days visiting friends and relatives in the neighborhood last week. L G Cary and family and F M Norris and family of Trimble were guests of A L Cary on Sunday. Wesley Norris returned from Columbus earlier this week. Miss Fern Duncan is visiting friends in Columbus for several weeks. Nice began work sawing on the Howe farm last week.
Mrs. Rose Ferguson and daughter Norma returned to Charleston after visiting Lydia Beachout family. Edgar Harvey of Logan visited Joe Hutchins on Tuesday. Visitors from Remington Indiana and Cambria Wisconsin stayed with the Hutchins Monday. Clark's Chapel picnic attracted local attendees. Mrs. John Robison of Athens visited her mother. Etna Michael improves gradually. H. M. Barker family hosted relatives. Zell Douglas and Joe Hensley families visited Joe Stout. A surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Owen Martin for her forty fourth birthday with a nine oclock repast.
Marghfield updates report Mrs Clara Martin visiting Albaugh Winton county. Mrs Jannette Barker and Mrs Emma Pake with Louise return from Albany. Sylvester Withers weighs 50 pounds of fleeces from three pet sheep. Pay day for railroad widening crews occurs Saturday. Fred Collins moves into H B Stright property, leaving one vacant house. Maud Nice and brother occupy Withers flat. Blaine Nice of O U visits. F H McVay and family attend state encampment in Washington with Rev W H Boden hosting. Charlie Stewart of Chicago visits his mother. works as tour conductor Chicago to Kansas City. Rev A B Bourquard and family visit Marietta then stay a week. Prof W A Thomas speaks at Zaleski Memorial for K P, a Past Chancellor of Mfield Lodge. We lose two citizens Rev owerancees and yy leaves for Cincinnati.
Official state record notes submission of Article XVII amendment to Ohio voters on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1905. Secretary Lewis C. Laylin certifies the roll as of March 7 1904 and signs in Columbus.
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