Holt County Bank - Mound City, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: August 27, 1931
Location: Mound City, Missouri (40.131, -95.232)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 99f110b2

Response Measures

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Description

OCR of the article is poor. The Des Moines Tribune (Aug 27, 1931) reports two of three banks in Mound City failed to open, naming 'The Holt County bank' (Holt County Bank) as one. The notice says the banks 'failed to open Thursday' — no explicit run is described and the item implies closure/suspension likely permanent. No mention of receivership in the excerpt. Cause not specified in the article excerpt.

Events (1)

1. August 27, 1931 Suspension

Cause Details: Article only reports the bank 'failed to open' (closure) without specifying a cause; OCR fragmentary so cause is unspecified.
Newspaper Excerpt: Two of the three banks in Mound Holt failed to open Thursday. The two Holt County bank and the Bank of Mound City...
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 27, 1931 Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, IA

Article from Des Moines Tribune, August 27, 1931

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Article Text

TWO BANKS CLOSED IN MOUND CITY, MO. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (U.P.) Two of the three banks in Mound Holt failed to open Thursday. The two Holt County bank and the Bank of Mound City, had combined of more than The Holt County bank. of which B. Smith president, had of capital stockof surplus deposits of $237,772 and loans of The Bank of Mound City, headed by John B. Graham, had resources of capital of surplus of $12,500. deposits of $139,644 and loans of