Farmers Bank - Fessenden, ND

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: February 1, 1933*
Location: Fessenden, North Dakota (47.649, -99.629)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: e262e9f4

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Apr 1, 1934) refers to the Farmers Bank as 'closed' and mentions a receiver (Baird) and a sheriff's deed in February 1933. No run or withdrawals are described. OCR of the article is poor; corrected references to 'closed Farmers bank', 'Baird, receiver', and dates. Included both the receivership/closure event (Feb 1933) and the related eviction/protest (Mar 1934) described in the piece.

Events (2)

1. February 1, 1933* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Baird, receiver the closed Farmers bank. Baird sheriff's deed ruary, 1933, and has since attempted to get possession the property.
Source: newspapers

2. March 1, 1934* Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Forced to Return Furniture... farmers ... forced Sheriff Herman W. Schwartz, deputies and Drake, representing Baird, bank receiver, rescind an eviction ... rescind an eviction carried out last week by court order ... the sheriff and his deputies were forced to sweep the floors, erect the stoves fires before being made carry in the the on the place.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. April 1, 1934 The Forum Fargo, ND

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Article Text

Forced to Return Furniture, Then Sweep Fessenden, March than 300 farmers Foster Eddy counties, mostly Hollassociation members, forced Sheriff Herman W. Schwartz, deputies and Drake, representing Baird, bank receiver, rescind an eviction carried out last week by court order, carry chattels farm from which they had been and the line, and permit the farmer to the place. on Fessenden, by Oliver Rosenberg, New Rockford, and after the the Chris farm, two miles west town. Welss and was 00cupying the farm tenant after he had lost through mortgage foreclosure February, 1932, Baird, receiver the closed Farmers bank. Baird sheriff's deed ruary, 1933, and has since attempted to get possession the property. The sheriff and his deputies were forced to sweep the floors, erect the stoves fires before being made carry in the the on the place, for owner, told quit and get out. town, the crowd sought John Baird's attorney, and The Layne was found in with the county emergency relief of which he chairman, was possession subjected questioning. explain the the case claimed the owner had the consent of Governor Langer the attorney general's office to go ahead eviction. still occupying the place.