First National Bank (Bonners Ferry, ID)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1072701427
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Reopening
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
107270 national
Charter Number
10727
Start Date
November 19, 1918
Location
Bonners Ferry, Idaho (48.691, -116.316)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
e0068bbb1d76ee77

Response Measures

None

Description

1918 partial closure due to Spanish influenza; 1933 federal banking holiday affected all Idaho banks.

Events (3)

1. April 17, 1915 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. November 19, 1918 Suspension
Cause Details
Partial temporary closure for several days because officers and employees had Spanish influenza.
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National Bank was doing routine business Saturday after having been partially closed up for several days on account of the officers and employees having the Spanish influenza.
Source
newspapers
3. March 6, 1933 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Nationwide/federal proclamation and Federal Reserve order declaring a banking holiday that closed all Idaho member banks.
Newspaper Excerpt
The proclamation of President Roosevelt automatically closed the doors of every banking institution in Idaho.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from Bonners Ferry Herald, November 19, 1918

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Article Text

Local Pick-ups Piano for sale. Easy payments. Inquire at Simonds' Drug Store. Will Wanted-Furnished house. take best of care. No children. Call 1tc at Herald office. Mrs. F. E. Murray was called to Spokane Thursday by the serious illness of her sister. Mrs. T. R. Evans was called to Creston, B. C. Thursday to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law. Miss Veona Johnston left Thursday for Mead, Wash., where she will visit for a few days with her parents. Walter Biggar left Wednesday for St. Maries, Idaho, where he will spend the winter with his sister, Mrs. Frank Brinton. Frank Ferraro, who has been sick for several weeks with Spanish influenza, is back at work in his barber shop, the Pastime. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Campbell, who have a farm near Bassana, Alberta, returned to Bonners Ferry Sunday, to spend the winter. For Sale-New Sears-Roebuck, No. 14, Economy King cream separator. R. Used three weeks; price, $45. N. Dec10 4t Selover, Copeland, Idaho. Stookey's Furniture Store was closed several days last week and this on account of the illness of the proprietor with Spanish influenza. FOR SALE-Ten pigs, eleven weeks old: ten head fine breeding ewes, none over three years old. Address Chas. 3t Ot 29 J. Daufau, Porthill, Idaho. Mrs. Mary Purcell, of Spokane, Wn., returned home Friday after having visited here a couple of days with her sister, Mrs. Ellen White. John G. Bond, of Addie, was in the city Thursday and made application to make final proof on his homestead before U. S. Commissioner King. F. W. Anderson, of Spokane, president of the First State Bank, was in town Wednesday to attend the regular meeting of the directors of the institution. -A. A. Keinholz, of Spokane, was in the city Thursday and Friday, looking after business interests. He expects to spend next summer on his ranch in the Paradise valley district. The trustees of School District No. 14, Northside, have engaged Miss Alberta Dryden, of Peck, Idaho, to take charge of the third and fourth grades in the place of Miss Curran, resigned. The First National Bank was doing routine business Saturday after having been partially closed up for several days on account of the officers and employees having the Spanish influenza. R. E. Luse is the new baggageman at the Great Northern railway station, starting in on his new duties on Wednesday. Mr. Luse is an old hand at railroading and is right at home in his new work. O. Fritts, for the past 20 months the popular barber at*Dell Cane's barber shop, left Tuesday for his home at Milan, Wash. Elof Martinson, of Spokane, is the new barber at the Dell Cane shop. Attention Students-We have the finest lines of school tablets, inks, pens, pencils and everything you need in school work. Make our store your headquarters all through the school year. C. D. Simonds' Drug Store. J. T. Davis, a former resident of this city and now located at Portland, Oregon, where he is in the employ of the department of agriculture, arrived here last Tuesday to spend a part of his vacation visiting with old friends. Mrs. Dell Collins was arrested Sunday by Town Marshall Knight on the charge of being drunk and disorderly The defendant plead guilty yesterday morning before Justice of the Peace King and was fined $25 and costs and was given a suspended jail sentence of 60 days. Tony Brown, of Copeland, was a business visitor in town yesterday. Mr. Brown states that he has sold nearly all of his apple crop this year and received the best prices ever known in this district. He sold about 800 boxes of apples. The crop was a light one this year. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gleed has been a regular Spanish influenza hospital for some time, Mr. Gleed, Miss Laurel Gleed, Miss Ruth Lozier and Miss Kevill, all being sick with the disease at the same time. All the influenza patients are now able to be up and around again. H. A. Allen and family arrived here yesterday and plan to spend the winter, at least, as residents of Bonners


Article from The Idaho Statesman, March 6, 1933

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All Idaho of Banks Closed The proclamation of President Roosevelt automatically closed the doors of every banking institution in Idaho. The news was received in Boise first by The Statesman about o'clock. Earlier in the day the twelfth district federal reserve bank sued an order calling holiday Monday for all members of the federal system in Idaho and other western states. The First National Bank of Idaho in Boise and the eight banks formerly with to observe the holiday, according an official were all other member banks in the state.