Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: state
Start Date: April 21, 1931
Location: Guthrie, Oklahoma (35.879, -97.425)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 7ac6b153

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals

Description

Article describes a crowd of depositors and pleas to leave money with the Farmers & Merchants Bank; states the bank was meeting obligations. No mention of a suspension, closure, reopening, or a clear cause for the disturbance, so classified as a run that did not lead to suspension.

Events (1)

1. April 21, 1931 Run

Cause Details: Article does not specify a trigger (rumors, correspondent failures, or bank-specific insolvency not mentioned).
Measures: Chamber of Commerce representatives and others pleaded with depositors to leave their money; bank stated it was meeting obligations.
Newspaper Excerpt: hopes they would distract a crowd of gathered at the Farmers and Merchants bank failed ... Chamber of Commerce representatives pleaded ... for the depositors to leave their money with the bank. The bank WAS meeting all de-
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. April 21, 1931 The Guthrie Daily Leader Guthrie, OK

Article from The Guthrie Daily Leader, April 21, 1931

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Article Text

hopes they would distract a crowd of gathered at the Farmers and Merchants bank failed to did the distant playing of a hrass Clamber of Commerce representatives pleaded from somp boxes for the depositors to leave their money with the bank. The bank WAS meeting all de-