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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1917

Page

6

Financial statement of a bank with 1917 dates

A bank report lists assets and liabilities including reserves, deposits, and circulating notes. It records items such as U S bonds, Federal Reserve holdings, vault reserve, bank notes, and net due from reserve agents in New York Chicago St Louis. It shows capital stock, surplus, profits, and deposits with dates noted January 1917 and notary approval by Frank M. Hill.

U. S Federal Reserve Bank New York Chicago St. Louis Federal Reserve Burplus Fund Scccseveces

The Cost Of High Living Sparks Public Alarm

A historical column condemns American extravagance and rising living costs. It contrasts past hardship with current luxury, notes the widening gap between wealth groups, and urges sober fiscal restraint from citizens and leaders. It warns of future paring of luxuries as necessities grow.

Chief Tipton Reports Yearly Police Arrest Totals

Chief James Tilton releases a yearly police report showing 163 total arrests. Drunkenness 71, disorderly conduct 25, gaming 16, selling liquor in dry territory 15, breach of peace 8, petit larceny 11, felony cases 8, speeding 4, miscellaneous 20. The report praises the city as well policed in the state.

James Tilton

Valuable Bible Ties City Woman to Lawless Family

Mrs. Thomas J. Thomas of the city received from a Glasgow friend the old Lawless family Bible. Dated entries go back to 1752 and the volume is more than 165 years old. The Bible is well preserved with readable handwriting. Mrs. Thomas was born Miss Lawless.

Thomas J. Thomas Glasgow Lawless

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Fragmentary dialogue provides no identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or events to summarize into a news item or card.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meets in Howell Home

The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Hattie F. Howell. The group attended to routine business and welcomed one new member, Mrs. George McCormick.

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Hattie F. Howell George McCormick

The New Year Reflections on Self Improvement

The year end calls for honest review of faults and success. Analyze past operations, identify weak points, and study causes of both success and failure. Prioritize character and morals over form, and commit to persistent effort to improve mentally morally socially and materially. The idea is to start the new year with a firm resolve and shared domestic encouragement.

Our Mistaken Charity Opens With Moral Critique

A columnist attacks modern charity, arguing most giving undermines self respect and self reliance. He condemns promiscuous giving, except for physical or mental disability, and cites Jesus on following for loaves and fishes as a warning about mendicant behavior. The piece questions the motives and effects of charity.

Gallilee

Charity that Restores Self Respect Through Earned Work

The Advocate argues that true charity should empower recipients to help themselves. It favors work programs over cash or goods, believing employed individuals regain dignity and become assets to society, with exceptions only for the mentally or physically disabled.

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Montgomery National Bank Mt. Sterling Kentucky Dee Eee Tate State of Montgomery Pierce Winn Frank M. Hill John G. Winn G. H. Strother R. C. Gatewood Cas Mrs. B Mrs. A Mrs. C Tipton Bell Telephone Bell Business Office Cumberland Telephone Frankfort, KY the Advocate For Printing Cardu Sylvania Woods Clifton Mills Cardus B. C. Graham N. B. C. Graham National Biscuit Company John 1. Blount The Advocate For Printing Earl W. Senff White County H. M. Wright Geiger’s Court and Maysville Sts F. A. Millard E. Stamler Fayette Nat'l Bank Lexington, Ky Riner & Lapsley Shelbyville, Ky Shelby County Bourbon Remedy Company Lexington Bassett Drug Co Ftotea VERS Ers Strother MT. Sterling, KY
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