Springfield Bank - Springfield, OH

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 14, 1926
Location: Springfield, Ohio (39.924, -83.809)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: aa5dad03

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Description

Article (Springfield News-Sun, 1926-01-14) reports receiver McKevil selling assets of the Springfield Bank and mentions declaring a dividend to depositors. OCR errors in the clipping (e.g., garbled words) were corrected where obvious. No mention of a prior depositor run; the bank is in receivership and assets are being sold, so classified as suspension leading to closure/receivership.

Events (1)

1. January 14, 1926 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Receiver McKevil of the Springfield has sold ... the assets ... Mr. McKevil states that he will probably be able to declare dividend to the depositors in short time.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 14, 1926 Springfield News-Sun Springfield, OH

Article from Springfield News-Sun, January 14, 1926

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Article Text

BONDS AND NOTES ARE PURCHASED T. Beach Assets of Spring. field Bank At Receiver's Of. fering. Receier McKevil of the Springhas sold of the bank Beach, 435 Burnett for $12,The assets offered public sales. They consisted of notes, bonds and Mr. McKevil states that he will probably be able to declare dividend to the depositors in short time. Three been paid the tors,