Frozen assets; inability to collect cattle paper (bad agricultural loans) led to closure.
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Oklahoma Bank Closes Doors. Okla., Dec. National bank of Grove, The First banking institution this the last closed today. Frozen assets. to collect cattle cause of the paper given failure. Institution had deposits about $150,000.
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+17 days
3.January 7, 1926Reopening
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Jan National bank Grove which closed doors first, has been made with the introduction capital and the Institution reopened this was today.
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+7.0 years
4.January 1, 1933Voluntary Liquidation
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Newspaper Articles (2)
1.December 21, 1925The DayNew London, CT
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Oklahoma Bank Closes Doors. Okla., Dec. National bank of Grove, The First banking institution this the last closed today. Frozen assets. to collect cattle cause of the paper given failure. Institution had deposits about $150,000.
2.January 7, 1926Oklahoma Weekly LeaderGuthrie, OK
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Jan National bank Grove which closed doors first, has been made with the introduction capital and the Institution reopened this was today.
Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.
But not for you.
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Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to jail… or worse.