Berwyn State Bank - Berwyn, NE

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 1, 1922*
Location: Berwyn, Nebraska (41.351, -99.500)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 256d0217

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Beatrice Daily Sun, 1926-07-15) refers to the earlier failure of the Berwyn State Bank three or four years ago (i.e., about 1922-1923) and a suit to recover funds paid by the state guaranty fund commission. No contemporaneous run is described; the bank had failed and guaranty funds were used, implying permanent closure/receivership.

Events (2)

1. January 1, 1922* Suspension

Cause Details: Bank failed circa 1922-1923; state guaranty fund paid losses following the failure.
Newspaper Excerpt: the failure, three or four years ago, of the two banks named.
Source: newspapers

2. * Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: recovery of funds put up by the state guaranty fund commission for losses suffered through the failure ... of the Berwyn State bank of Berwyn.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 15, 1926 Beatrice Daily Sun Beatrice, NE

Article from Beatrice Daily Sun, July 15, 1926

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Article Text

ple's State bank of Anselmo, and of the Berwyn State bank of Berwyn, against the Fidelity and Deposit company of Maryland. and W. L McCandless, former county treasurer of Custer county. for recovery or funds put up by the state guaranty fund commission for losses suffered through the failure, three or four years ago, of the two banks named.