Oklahoma National Bank - Chickasha, OK

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 9938
Charter Number: 9938
Start Date: June 14, 1917
Location: Chickasha, Oklahoma (35.053, -97.936)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: bdb73bc6

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals

Description

Article (The Chickasha Daily Express, 1917-06-14) explicitly states the run still continues this afternoon and lists Farmers State Bank among local banks subscribing Liberty Bonds. No mention of suspension, closure, reopening, receivership, or any corrective misinformation. Cause of the run is not specified in the article, so classified as 'other.'

Events (2)

1. February 28, 1911 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. June 14, 1917 Run

Cause Details: Article mentions a continuing run on Chickasha banks but does not specify a trigger (rumors, correspondent failure, or bank-specific problems are not described).
Newspaper Excerpt: the run still continues this afternoon. ... the Farmers State bank $1500.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. June 14, 1917 The Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, OK

Article from The Chickasha Daily Express, June 14, 1917

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Article Text

Get Your Liberty Bond Today--Don't be a Slacker--Be a Patriot FEELERS WILSON WARNS COUNTRY AGAINST PEACE Liberty Bonds Being Grabbed German Military Masters Left United ONE DEAD, FIVE DYING AND Up on Last Day of National Sale States No Chance to Be Neutral Banks Take in $18,800. The Chickasha banks have h THIRTY-FOUR MISSING IN City is Slacker to Extent of $81,200 crowded today with people availing With Total Subscriptions AmountCharacter of American Flag is Molded themselves of the last opportunity to Local Elks Throw Open Their to $158,800 to Date help out on the Liberty loan. After by Living Generations Declares PresRUINS TOO HOT TO BRAVE the mass meeting last night, enthusiDoors to Public Tonight ident Wilson in Flag Day Speech asm escaped its bonds somewhat and ed, the service opening at 8:30 o'clock: a large sale of the securities has been MAILING LISTS Music, piano and violin, Mrs. A. G. Annual Flag Day Anniversary Service to recorded today. About $18,800 worth Federal Officers Investigate Mysterious McKain and Roscoe Ates. of bonds have been taken out by the Be Conducted at Hall With Most HAILSTORM BLOOD OF MILLIONS CLOSE TONIGHT Address, "History of the Flag," by Explosion at American Sugar patrons of the five banks and the run J. W. Kayser, Interesting Program still continues this afternoon. Since Refining Plant MAY NOW BE SHED Solo by Miss Butler. yesterday noon, the Oklahoma NationQuartet, "Columbia, the Gem of the STARTLES al has sold about $6,550. the First NaSlackers Get Theirs at Mass Meeting; Ocean." Flag Day will be fittingly celebrated By United Press. tional $5,550, the Chickasha National Excellent Work Done by ComFlag service by officers of the lodge. tonight at the Elks club by their anNew York, June 14.-One of the President Explains Necessity for Driving $2,250. the Citizens National $3,000, Song, "Auld Lang Syne," led by quar nual Flag Day anniversary exercise. mittee Yesterday most dastardly plots of which German and the Farmers State bank $1500. German Armies Back in Order to tet. This is a milestone in the order's calCONGRESS agents have been suspected since the These are rather rough estimates as Break Power at Home Elks' tribute to the flag, by J. D. endar each year, loyalty to the flag outbreak of the war with Germany was the rapid sale does not remain staCarmichael. This is the last day on which suband good American citizenship being a mysterious explosion and fire which tionary for any length of time and do By United Press. Music, Mrs. McKain and Mr. Ates. among the cardinal aims of the Best scriptions may be bailed in by the occurred at the American Sugar Re. not include the subscriptions taken by Washington, June 14.-A hailstorm By United Press. Recitation, Helen Kayser, "Your People on Earth. banks to the Liberty Loan headquar finery plant today. As a result one is the committees. which visited Washington today was Washington, June 14.-Americans Flag and My Flag." Tonight's will be an open service to ters. Although the headquarters will dead, five are dying and thirty-four are Last Night's Meet. so severe that the house and senate Address, Alger Melton. which the public is invited. In addiare at war "in defense of our rights as receive subscriptions till noon tomorstill missing. It was several hours The local Liberty Loan committee, were forced to recess, the hail bein so tion to the regular ritualistic service "America," by all present. row there will be no way of sending before the ruins became cool enough a free people and our honor as a soverhaving fallen down on its promised noisy on the roof of the capitol. Open meeting. Public invited. the following program will be renderthem in from Chickasha except by to admit at a search for the missing, program for an extensive educational eign government,' President Wilson wiring at the expense of the subscribThe factory was making sugar to campaign in Chickasha. made up for stated this afternoon while explaining er.: The total amount subscribed to supply the allies. An investigation is lost time when it called the meeting at why America is fighting, in a speech date by Chickasha as far as can be esunder way, a German plot being the city hall yesterday and elected comsolemnly vibrant with warning of GERMANS PUSHED BACK ON timated is $158,800. Should the subHIGH COST pected by federal authorities. mittres to feel the pulse of the people. draining of blood and suffering which scriptions close at that figure this Everywhere except in the cases of a the country must endure, but a speech town will have been a slacker to the few business men was the response which carried a deep conviction that tune of $81,200. while Oklahoma City, Chinese Rebels most cordial and contributions the nation is fighting for the right. ALLSIDESBY ALLIED ARMIES PROBE ON Tulsa. and other oitles in Oklahoma most part spontaneThe president's address was delivquota. ous. Men and women whose Force Close of ered during the consecration of Flag Today several) By United Press. wages Mid not permit them to Day. His speech stung with bitterness Parliament were made but the names of the subChicago, June 14.-The government ON LONG WESTERN FRONT in the arraignment of Germany--not scribers are withheld. (Continued on Para Four new drive today against the