First National Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 209
Charter Number: 209
Start Date: October 1, 1873*
Location: Omaha, Nebraska (41.259, -95.938)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: bcc72768

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals

Description

Article (Oct 15, 1873) reports a recent run on banks in Omaha; First National Bank paid out over $300,000 but stood the test. No suspension or closure is mentioned.

Events (1)

1. October 1, 1873* Run

Cause: Macro News
Cause Details: Run occurred during the broader 1873 banking disturbances (recent run on banks in the city during the Panic of 1873 period).
Measures: Paid out over $300,000 to depositors; remained open (stood the test).
Newspaper Excerpt: OVER $300,000 was paid out by the First National Bank, at Omaha, during the recent run on the banks in that city, but the bank stood the test.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 15, 1873 Pioche Daily Record Pioche, NV

Article from Pioche Daily Record, October 15, 1873

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Article Text

# BRIEF GLANCES. DR. LIEDERMAN, Director of the United States Mint, is said to have expressed the opinion that silver coin may not unlikely be the ordinary circulating medium within a month's time. On Monday last practitioners at the bar of the United States States Supreme Court met to prepare resolutions of respect to the memory of Chief Justice Chase. THE survivors of Captain Jacks's band are expected to leave Fort Klamath for Fort Russell, Wyoming. Some 24 wagons have gone to Klamath to transport them to Redding. THE calaboose at Lincoln, Neb., is in such a condition that they cannot lock up criminals in it, and when they arrest any one down there they take their word for their appearance. OVER $300,000 was paid out by the First National Bank, at Omaha, during the recent run on the banks in that city, but the bank stood the test. On the 30th ult., the United States currency outstanding was $402,923,039, and the National Bank notes afloat $350,000,000. THE rolling stock of the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad has been attached by the Sheriff of Doniphan County, Kansas. THE passenger earnings of the Union Pacific railway for September amounted to $412,711.76, and for the same month of last year, $390,057.59. THE Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railway Companies are issuing certificates of indebtedness to their employes in payment of wages. UNTIL a Chief Justice is appointed Justice Clifford, being oldest in commission, will preside over the Supreme Court. THE banks all over the country are resuming business, and there are evidently better times ahead. YELLOW FEVER and cholera have been scourges in various parts of the country, but it is hoped the worst has passed. OVER 60,000 bushels of wheat were destroyed by a prairie fire in Nebraska recently. It is said that John C. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, is suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs. PARIS authorities siezed, the other day, 22,000 photographs of the Prince Imperial. MARSHAL BAZAINE is undergoing trial for treason, because of the surrender of Metz. GENERAL MCCLELLAN has gone to Europe, in the interest of two leading railroads. HARRY COURTAINE has become a common drunkard, and spends half his time in the San Francisco jail. An unusually large number of commitments to the Insane Asylum have been made in San Francisco lately. THEHE are more Jews in New York than in any other city in the world, not excepting Jerusalem. THE Utah Southern will be completed to Provo by the first of November, if tie contractors don't fail to come to time. THE extent of the Chinese coal fields is estimated at 127,000 square miles.