Houstonia Bank - Houstonia, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 12, 1901
Location: Houstonia, Missouri (38.899, -93.358)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 04acad58

Response Measures

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Description

Article (1901-01-12) reports a temporary suspension of business because the cashier, who alone knew the safe combination, became very ill. Suspension appears operational and temporary; bank intended to resume once combination transferred/recovered.

Events (1)

1. January 12, 1901 Suspension

Cause Details: The sole cashier who knew the safe combination became very ill, preventing access to the safe and forcing a temporary suspension of business.
Newspaper Excerpt: The cashier of the Houstonia bank was taken very ill recently, and as he was the only one who knew the combination of the big safe the bank had to suspend business until he was sufficiently recovered to give the combination to another cashier who had come to take his place until his recovery.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 12, 1901 The Weekly Intelligencer Lexington, MO

Article from The Weekly Intelligencer, January 12, 1901

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Article Text

The cashier of the Houstonia bank was taken very ill recently, and as be was the only one who knew the combination of the big safe the bank had to suspend business until he was sufficiently recovered to give the combination to another cashier who had come to take bis place until his recovery.