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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
2
A Kentucky bank ledger shows liabilities and assets with totals for items 32 and 33, including circulating notes and deposits. The article also lists numerous local social notes from Montgomery County, Kentucky, detailing visits, birthdays, farming activity, and upcoming church services.
Rev J L West filled his regular appointment and many residents report improvements and travel notes. Visitors and relatives, including Hon and Greene, joined recitals, ballads, and social visits across Mt Sterling Paris Cynthiana and Lexington with farm reports on tobacco and corn, bluegrass seed prospects, and a snake bite scare involving Earl Reid’s daughter.
Wades Mill farmers finish planting corn and shift to tobacco plots. Mrs Lula Jones visited Sunday with Miss Callie and Martha Jones of Thomson. Mrs Walter Hamilton joined Mrs Lawrence Gillaspie for the day. Mr and Mrs David B Robertson spent Sunday with local families.
The community enjoys recent rain that aids farmers with growing grass and corn while some plan to plant tobacco. Brother McGarvey preached at Bethlehem on missions and discussed the Red Cross duty. Mrs. Holly Eubank returns from Louisville. Miss Fannie and Effie Eubank visit Winchester for the C W E M Convention. Joe King visits near Harrodsburg. Harvey Vivien reports to Camp Taylor.
Local notes report several Kiddyille boys expect a call soon. Dr. A M Wright and his mother Mrs. Jane Wright spent last Wednesday night visiting Mr. and Mrs. A C Eubank.
Churchgoers attend Mt Zion as families travel for visits and illnesses. Residents report measles, pneumonia cases, and recoveries while noting farming progress and social visits across Winchester, Fayette County, and Hattiesburg. Local marriages and soldiers’ families are mentioned along with updates on health and travel.
The document shows a bank statement with deposits and various item totals including check deposits, reserve accounts, cashier's checks, and demand deposits. It records J. J. Conner as cashier and notes a commission date and public official signatures, dated May 18, 1918.
A patriotic program features local talent and a speech by Mr Skillman from Lexington. Miss Pattie Jackson will direct the music and readings will be given by colored students. A special speaker from Lexington is invited as the public is urged to attend and support the youth.
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