First National Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 2780
Charter Number: 2780
Start Date: July 15, 1932
Location: Wahoo, Nebraska (41.211, -96.620)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: b1b860b8

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Description

Article describes the bank suspending business for its 50th anniversary celebration (a temporary/voluntary closure) with refreshments in the lobby — not a distress suspension or run. Publication date 1932-07-17; last Friday refers to 1932-07-15. No runs or receivership mentioned.

Events (3)

1. September 23, 1882 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. July 15, 1932 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: When the First National Bank of Wahoo its fiftieth anniversary last Friday ... refreshments were served and telegrams of congratulation read.
Source: newspapers

3. July 15, 1932 Suspension

Cause Details: Temporary suspension of business for the bank's 50th anniversary celebration (voluntary closure, not due to distress).
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank suspended business at m. Friday and public in the lobby of the bank, where refreshments were served and telegrams of congratulation read.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 17, 1932 Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, NE

Article from Lincoln Journal Star, July 17, 1932

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Article Text

BANKERS VIEW ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF WAHOO BANK When the First National Bank of Wahoo its fiftieth anniversary last Friday, John Changstrom, vice president of the Omaha National bank, Omaha, brought with him the original ledger of the Omaha National bank, Omaha, showing the first account opened by the Wahoo bank on July 20, 1882. The pic- ture shows Mr. Changstrom pointing to the original entry on page 1436 of the book. Others in the picture are E. E. Placek, president of the Wahoo bank; L. J. Kudrna, vice president; Ernest Hanson, cashier; and C. L. Owen, assistant cashier of the Stock Yards National bank of Omaha. The bank suspended business at m. Friday and public in the lobby of the bank, where refreshments were served and telegrams of congratulation read. The board of the bank includes: E. E. Placek, E. EL Good, L. J. Kudrna, Ed Lemkuhl, Ernest Paul Good, H. Reader, E. S. Schiefelbein and Dr. R. F. McCreery.