Citizens State Bank - Benkelman, NE

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 17, 1933
Location: Benkelman, Nebraska (40.049, -101.533)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 9d201791

Response Measures

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Description

The article names E. H. Luikart as Receiver of the Citizens State Bank and advertises a sheriff's sale of bank-related assets (Jan 17, 1933 order; published Feb 1933). This indicates the bank was placed in receivership (government action) and assets were being liquidated — consistent with a suspension followed by permanent closure/receivership. No run is mentioned in the article.

Events (2)

1. January 17, 1933 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: E. H. Luikart, Receiver of the Citizens State Bank of Benkelman, Nebraska, is plaintiff ... offer for sale at public auction ... the Southwest Quarter ... Given under my hand this 17th day of January, 1933. CHESTER CROSBY, Sheriff.
Source: newspapers

2. January 17, 1933 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank in receivership; court-ordered sale of bank assets following receiver appointment
Newspaper Excerpt: order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court ... wherein E. H. Luikart, Receiver of the Citizens State Bank of Benkelman, Nebraska, is plaintiff
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. February 10, 1933 The Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle Benkelman, NE

Article from The Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle, February 10, 1933

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Article Text

SHERIFF'S SALE Notice hereby given that by order and virtue of an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District of Nebraska within and for Dundy County, in an action wherein E. H. Luikart. Receiver of the Citizens State Bank of Benkelman, Nebraska, is plaintiff and J. A. Stevens and Elva Stevens were defendants, I will at one o'clock P. M. on the twenty-first day of February, 1933, at the South front door of the court house at Benkelman, Dundy county, Nebraska; offer for sale at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described lands and tenements to-wit: The Southwest Quarter of Section Three, Township Two, North, Range Thirty-eight, West of the 6th Principal Meridian in Dundy County, Nebraska. Given under my hand this 17th day of January, 1933. CHESTER CROSBY, Sheriff. First publication January 20, 1933. Last publication February 17, 1933. Leon L. Hines, Attorney.