Bank of Protem - Protem, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 8, 1925
Location: Protem, Missouri (36.529, -92.859)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: c5616ee3

Response Measures

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Description

Article reports the Bank of Protem was closed at the request of its directors and is being examined by the state bank examiner; no run is mentioned. Closure appears permanent (counted among state banks closed this year).

Events (1)

1. October 8, 1925 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Closed at the request of the directors; state examiner to examine affairs; reported among state banks closed this year.
Newspaper Excerpt: official report expected today from State Bank Examiner Leon Clifford. examining the affairs of the Bank of Protem which was closed the request of the directors Protem thirty miles from railroad ... The closing makes the 32nd state bank closed this year.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 8, 1925 The Missouri Telegraph Fulton, MO

Article from The Missouri Telegraph, October 8, 1925

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Article Text

BANK CLOSED BY DIRECTORS Located in Town Thirty Miles From Railroad and Had Neither Telegraph nor Telephone. Jefferson City, Oct. official report expected today from State Bank Examiner Leon Clifford. examining the affairs of the Bank of Protem which was closed the request of the directors Protem thirty miles from railroad the mountain fastness of Taney county and without either telegraph telephone communication The closing makes the 32nd state bank closed this year.