10120. National Bank (Lewiston, MT)

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Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
12608
Charter Number
12608
Start Date
March 5, 1933
Location
Lewiston, Montana (46.464, -111.986)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
e95f916034cc39ad

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous articles (Mar 5–7, 1933) report the National Bank of Lewistown was open about 40 minutes on March 5 due to a delay in receiving Governor Erickson's holiday proclamation; upon receipt it suspended business for the remainder of the day and returned about 40 deposits made while open. This was a short, government-mandated holiday suspension (no run or withdrawals reported). OCR in earlier items garbled wording; corrected using clearer Article 4 text.

Events (2)
1. December 13, 1924 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. March 5, 1933 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Delay in receiving and confirming Governor Erickson's holiday proclamation; bank opened ~40 minutes then suspended business for the mandatory holiday and returned deposits.
Newspaper Excerpt
With notice of the mandatory closing received, the bank suspended business and returned to depositors some 40 deposits that were made while the bank was open.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)
1. March 6, 1933 Great Falls Tribune Great Falls, MT
Article from Great Falls Tribune, March 6, 1933

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Article Text

Bank at Lewistown Returns Deposits Made Early in Day Special to The Tribune. March 5.-Lewistown accepted the bank cheerfully. The National Bank of Lewistown, because delay in and firming Erickson, open for ness 40 minutes. With of the closing the suspended business for remainder of the day and depositors 40 deposits that made while bank open. The bank during that time had requests for Bank officials and went home jigsaw zles for diversion during their

2. March 7, 1933 The Independent-Record Helena, MT
Article from The Independent-Record, March 7, 1933

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Article Text

Lewistown Bank at Returns Deposits Before Close Made March holiday cheeraccepted the bank bank of LewThe National fully. of delay receivbecause the holiday and confirming of Governor Erickson. open for business minutes of the mandatory closWith notice the bank suspended the remainder of the business for returned to depositors day and some 40 deposits that were made while the bank open. The bank that time had no requests during Bank officials for and employes went home with JIEfor diversion during puzzles their

3. March 7, 1933 The Independent-Record Helena, MT
Article from The Independent-Record, March 7, 1933

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Article Text

Bank at Lewistown Returns Deposits Made Before Lewistown, March bank holiday cheeraccepted the fully. The National bank of Lewbecause of delay in istown. confirming the holiday and of Governor Erickson, proclamation business minutes open for of the mandatory closnotice the bank suspended remainder of the business for the and returned depositors day that were made some 40 deposits open. The bank while the bank that time had requests during Bank officials for withdrawals. and employes went home with jig. for diversion during puzzles their

4. March 8, 1933 Laurel Outlook Laurel, MT
Article from Laurel Outlook, March 8, 1933

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Article Text

Bank Returns Deposits Lewistown, March 5.-Lewistown accepted the bank holiday cheerfully. The National Bank of Lewistown, because of delay in receiving and confirming the holiday proclamation of Governor Erickson, was open for business 40 minutes. With notice of the mandatory closing received, the bank suspended business and returned to depositors some 40 deposits that were made while the bank was open. The bank during that time had no requests for withdrawals. Bank officials went home with jigsaw puzzles for diversion during their "rest."