Business Men – Citizens of New Straitsville

the years between 1870 and 1920 where May 31st is a Wednesday are: 1872, 1877, 1883, 1888, 1894, 1900, 1906, and 1917

I found this: https://books.google.com/books?id=4OQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=%22Business+men+of+New+Straitsville%22&source=bl&ots=F8OYbHkHwu&sig=ACfU3U09mbTSVlci4Vx7k_M8QGIvuyesdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpnPTPiKL-AhX_BTQIHSopAFIQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Business%20men%20of%20New%20Straitsville%22&f=false

From 1902. Perhaps this meeting occurred in 1900 and it took them 2 years to get things set up?