Miners Savings Bank - Murphysboro, IL

Episode Information

Episode UID: 1403374091015
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings
Bank ID: 140337409 hash
Start Date: July 17, 1884
Location: Murphysboro, Illinois (37.764, -89.335)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: a611cd837652b829

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Description

Newspaper OCR spells city as Murfreesboro, ILLS. corrected to Murphysboro.

Events (1)

1. July 17, 1884 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: MURFREESBORO, ILLS., July 17.-The Miners' Savings Bank has failed. The nominal assets are $50,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 18, 1884 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA

Article from Savannah Morning News, July 18, 1884

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Article Text

ST. JOHN, N. B., July 17.-The New Brunswick cotton mills, owned by John H. Parks, doing business under the name of Wm. Parks & Son, have suspended work. Mr. Parks finds it necessary to ask his creditors for an extension of time. The liabilities are about $225,000, which are more than half secured. The assets are about $400,000. About 300 persons have been employed in the mills. It is expected that work will be resumed within a week. SW AMPED BY BEING ACCOMMODATING. NEW YORK, July 17.-Julian White, Sons & Co., at No. 56 Leonard street, who accommodated Edmund Yard, Jr., & Co., with notes, have assigned to George O. Walbridge, giving preferences to a large amount, including all sums due by them on notes or for merchandise. A MINERS' SAVINGS BANK FAILS. MURFREESBORO, ILLS., July 17.-The Miners' Savings Bank has failed. The nominal assets are $50,000.