Bank of Etterville - Etterville, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: March 1, 1928*
Location: Etterville, Missouri (38.368, -92.470)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 27831291

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Description

Article (1929-03-14) states the bank suspended business year ago liquidation and without loss depositors, indicating a prior suspension in voluntary liquidation about one year earlier. No run is mentioned. The OCR was corrected for grammar; suspension date is inferred as ~March 1928.

Events (1)

1. March 1, 1928* Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Bank suspended business about a year earlier in liquidation; depositors reportedly suffered no loss.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank suspended business year ago liquidation and without loss depositors.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 14, 1929 The Miller County Autogram-Sentinel Tuscumbia, MO

Article from The Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, March 14, 1929

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Article Text

Fire Buildings Etterville Crane's Store, Bank of Etterville Building, Building and Blacksmith Shop Consumed by Flames Wednesday Night; Loss Estimated About The principal business section the town of Etterville, on the Rock Island railroad, practically all destroyed by fire Friday night. The fire originated in the northeast corner of H. Crane's store and strong wind from the north carried the flames to the Balser Thomas blacksmith shop, the old Bank of Etterville buildand the M. hall, all four buildings except the Bank building being reduced to ashes. The walls of the bank building, which were constructed of concrete blocks, stand as skeleton the business row, the walls crumbling and tottering though ready to crash to the ground any moment. Mr. Crane had left his store about seven o'clock in the evenand was at the home of RichMiller, one mile east of Etterville, when Armand Haynes observed the glare of flames in the northeast corner of the store building. where the oil tanks and hardware were kept. He gave the and W. Bybee, station agent, and Herbert Underwood. section foreman, were among the first to reach the fire. There was shortage of water available for use in fighting the flames, and was only through violent efforts of numerous volenteer fire fighters that the Balser Thomas and Dell Bond residences saved. The value of the four buildings in the neighborhood of The heaviloser Mr. Crane. His stock of merchandise was valued $6500 with insurance of $3750. The Crane store building owned by Short. This building was insured for $1500. blacksmith shop, valued at $500. carried $250 insurance. The bank building was valued $2000 with $1200 insurance. The W. hall building was complete loss, there being no insurance and amounted $1000. The lower part of the building owned by Ira W. Harbison. the lodge owned the upper portion. Merchandise and fixtures to the amount of $1000 was carried out of the Crane store. The Short store building was constructed 1902 by Andrew and Gus Thomas, Etterville's first merchants. who established their business the time the Rock Island made Etterville station. The hall built in 1918. and the bank building constructed in 1920. The bank suspended business year ago liquidation and without loss depositors. The blacksmith shop was owned by Jos. and HarbiThe residence of Dell Bond was damaged about $50 and came catching on fire. The home Mrs. Ruth Cole was damaged about Mr. Crane traded for the Etterville store last in three-handed deal. He traded his farm on Lick near Tuscumbia his brother. Collector Crane, for the latter's farm, near Etterville, then traded the Etterville farm Mr. Short for the stock of merchandise. The fire wiped out all business buildings south of the railroad tracks and this loss is indeed calamity to the town.