Keystone Bank - Philadelphia, PA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 31, 1895
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (39.952, -75.164)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: d0e7667266163815

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Description

Article (1895-10-31) reports a dividend paid by the receiver of the Keystone Bank, indicating the bank had been placed in receivership and is not operating normally. No run is mentioned in the excerpt; evidence points to suspension/closure and receivership.

Events (1)

1. October 31, 1895 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: the city treasurer Thursday received the second dividend amounting to $30,376.73, from the receiver of the Keystone Bank.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 31, 1895 Delaware Gazette and State Journal Wilmington, DE

Article from Delaware Gazette and State Journal, October 31, 1895

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Article Text

PRILADELPHIA AFFAIRS. Mary Southwark, 21 months old, was burned to death Thursday at the Bald Eagle Hotel. Michael Hayes was acquitted of a charge of murder in having caused the death of William McAuliff, on July 27th last. The city treasurer Thursday received the second dividend amounting to $30,376.73, from the receiver of the Keystone Bank. This sum is 5 per cent of the city claim of $607,534.63. At the Baldwin locomotive works Thursday it was stated that Mr. Westinghouse is satisfied that he can produce electricity at one-sixth the present cost. Within a few months he expects to make his method public. The Presbyterian Board of Publication Wednesday awarded the contract for the erection of its new building. at the northwest corner of Juniper and Walnut streets. extending to Sansom street. It is to be 10 stories in height and to cost $525,000. Charles. alias'' Lefty" Gallagber, was convicted Thursday of assault and bat. tery upon Policeman James H. McFarland and rescuing prisoner from him. Gallagber was sentenced to two years in the Eastern Penitentiary. The policeman was acquitted of assault and battery on Gallagher. The International Navigation Co. has divided $2,934, the proceeds of the sale of admission tickets to the new steamer St. Paul between the Sanitarium, the William Cramp Mutual Aid Association, and the Society for the Relief of Distressed Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children. On and after November 15th the cars of the Union Traction Co. will stop on the "far" side of intersecting streets occupied by tracks for the purpose of letting off and taking on passengers, instead of on the "near" side, as at present. Cars will continue to stop on the near side, as usual, as a matter of safety. Cars running north and south will have the absolute right of way.