Farmers & Mechanics Bank (Crestline, OH)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1861800191023
Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Bank Type
trust
Bank ID
186180019 hash
Start Date
March 31, 1885
Location
Crestline, Ohio (40.788, -82.737)

Metadata

Model
gemini-3-flash-preview (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
85a21d5d283971b5

Response Measures

None

Description

The bank was a private institution operated by Stewart & Sons; it assigned to S. H. Hummins of Mansfield.

Events (1)

1. March 31, 1885 Suspension
Cause Details
The bank assigned and closed its doors; the specific trigger for the collapse was not detailed beyond the surprise of the community.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at Crestline, O., closed its doors on the 31st having made an assignment to S. H. Hummins, of Mansfield.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)

Article from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, April 2, 1885

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NEWS IN BRIEF, The Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at Crestline, O., has assigned. The coinage at the Philadelphia mint in March amounted to $2,200,492. The miners of the Coalton, O., district accepted the reduction ordered by operators. Valentine Jester, of Lafayette, Ind., committed suicide by hanging himself in the harn. The Canadian Government suspects that the troubles in the Northwest have their origin in Fenian influence. The M. E, Conference of the Lexington, Ky., district, passed resolutions of sympathy and respect for Gen. Grant. The strike in the Fourth pool, Pittsburgh, has almost ended, and a majority of the pits are now in operation. George P. Burkhardt, of San Francisco, shot and killed his wife, through jealousy, and then attempted to commit suicide. The whole line of the Central Pacific railroad, with branches north of Goshen, has been leased by the Southern Pacific company, contract beginning April 1st. Six new branches of the Miners' and Laborers' Association of Ohio were formed by the miners of the Shenandoah district, at a mass meeting attended by 5,000. Three desperadoes, charged with six murders, escaped from the jail at Mt. Sterling, Ky. Rewards are offered for their capture, and posses are searching the county, The miners' strike at Diamond and other places on the Cleveland, Youngstown & Pittsburgh railroad was settled by the miners returning to work at the ten percent reduction. Hiram H. Kimpton. formerly a Wall street, N. Y.,broker, and worth $2,000,000, has been committed to the care of the Commissioners of Charities and Correotions, having become beggared through drink,


Article from Martinsburg Independent, April 4, 1885

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Business Troubles. Mark Berry, boots and shoes, of Atlanta, Ga., has failed. Liabilities, $20,000; nominal assets, $27,000; preferences between father and wife, $10,000. The Farmers' and Mechanics'bank at Crestline, O., assigned. The Weyand, Jung & Hellman brewery, Cincinnati, was disposed of at receiver's sale to the Jung interest, for $351,550. The proceedings are in settlement of a business misunderstanding.


Article from The Wellington Enterprise, April 8, 1885

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WEST AND SOUTH. 21 At a meeting of the brewers of Kansas B held in Lawrence on the 1st the new pro-ep SUAL 41 pus 'pessnosip SUM [ave hibition cided to thoroughly test it in the courts. p They have secured the services of the most .I eminentlawyers in the State. John Waluff, u a partner in one of the breweries that have withstood all attempts to suppress it during u the five years' reign of prohibition, has 9. gone to Leavenworth, where, in connection with others engaged in the same busip ness, plans will be matured for testing the law. They suffer greatly from the provision that prevents them from using the common carriers to deliver their goods. E. T. Conwell, a prominent young druguo death siq 04 came "O Cherland JO 1s18 the 1st from an overdose of morphine. William Turner and Charles Doniphan colored, fought a duel in the dark in a stable at Dayton, O., early on the morning of the 31st ult. The men commenced firing J at each other, and did not cease until every chamber of both revolvers were emptied. I The police entered just afterward and arrested the men, and a white woman who was the cause of the trouble. Turner was hit in the breast and his pistol hand, while Doniphan escap*d, though three balls went through his clothes. The Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at Crestline, O., closed its doors on the 31st 'H 'S 04 queuraSisse ue Π³Ρ€ΠΈΡˆ having "7[" Hummins, of Mansfield. The bank was run by Stewart & Sons, who were regarded as solid men, and their collapse surprises everybody. They claim ability to settle in The Emery candle factory, at Cincinnati, one of the largest institutions of the kind in the country, burned on the 1st. Loss $100,000: insurance $50,000. James B. Chandler and John B. Clemings, President and cashier respectively of the First National Bank of Bushnell, III.. have been arrested and held in $50,000 bonds on the charge of embezzling $60,000 or more of the bank's funds. Three hundred quarrymen at Joliet, III., went on a strike on the 1st for an increase of wages to $1.50 per day, their pay having ranged from $1.10 to $1.25 per day. Work uj censed quarries the II" 10 Ex-City Comptroller White, of Milwaukee, Wis., formerly known as "Honest" James White was arrested at Niles, Mich., route permited SUM eH Po the uo to Canada and is wanted for embezzlement of the city funds. The Missouri Pacific Railroad has issued instructions to its agents at Missouri River que to snoughts receive 07 you points liquors for points in Kansas unless accomIleense conting B JO quarted 12 &q peruud 01 entitled ST consignee eqf that Surmons receive and handle liquors under the State law. J. W. Coleman, a Hocking Valley miner, upon returning to his home at Columbus, punoj P7 our JO SujuJou out uo "O his wife in bed with another man, whereupon he secured a hatchet and chopped proces. 04 [InMs her Orson P. Arnold, polygamist, was arrested at Salt Lake, Utah, on the 2d on an inq JOJ Musser's W 'V The 009'T$ uo released SUM formerly Superintendent of the Deserat Telegraph Company, arrested on the same charge, was also released on bail. A terrible cyclone passed over Central Missouri on the 2d. It struck near Waverly, Lafayette County, causing darkness JUOJ B &q SUM puu '7ySiu 11" that could be heard a mile. A large puu pieces 03 pensep SUM church пэроом half a dozen houses destroyed. Trees were uprooted in all directions. The damage SUAL 'euo No *000'001$ readh IIIM qonu .10A0 ssud you PIP choloue eque tory. The explosion of a boiler on the 3d in the "puI Communism au "21"H PIANC Jo IIIIII-AAUS completely wrecked the mill and instantly killed Eugene Clever; Albert Hulz, aged twenty-eight, had his skull crushed and leg broken, and died nt midnight; Martin the perp puu crushed beed siq puq next morning; David Hulz, aged sixtyeight, was scalded and had his left leg and right hip broken and can not live. Johnson Pyle,a farmer, his ten-year-old son and two farm laborers were drowned in the Wabash near Mirrom, Ind., on the 3d by the capsizing of their boat. The men, it is said, were intoxicated and the our eSuuem 04 Suoms you SUM Log boat. Near Lancaster, O., on the morning of the 3d three robbers entered the house of Jacob Miller and demanded his money. He refused and grappled with the intruders, -ue despersed V 'exu uu had ΡˆΠΎΡ‡ΠΌ JO etro counter ensued, during which one of the robbers shot Miller dead. They took $600 and escaped. Mrs. Sechrist, aged ninety, while in bed Fatally SUM 4721 the uo "O to burned by her clothing catching fire from daral # Hezekiah G. Wells, an influential citizen and pioneer of Kalamazo, Mich., died in that city on the 4th, aged seventy-two. He had held many offices of trust and responsibility in the State and was prominent in all public affoirs. He was the Presiding Judge of the United States Court of Ala-xo 11 JO spoj.ied you Supinp Claims vmra istence. General A. C. Garlington, before the war mg asou our JO eno North Carolina, died at Newberne, that State, on the 4th, aged sixty-two. Hewas the father of Lieutenant Garlington, the Arotic explorer. edit The paint shop and spar shed at the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va., were burned on the 5th. The new furniture of the steamers Atlanta and Dolphin were squied JO 401 U 971AM aequest and oils. Loss heavy. Accolored family of eleven persons named Bronson, living near Lawrence, Kan,


Article from Martinsburg Independent, April 11, 1885

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Business Troubles. The Farmers' and Mechanics bank at Crestline, O., assigned. The Weyand, Jung & Hellman brewery, Cincinnati, was disposed of at receiver's sale to the Jung interest, for $351,550. The proceedings are in settlement of a business misunderstanding. Executions are out against the Lancaster (Pa.) cork works for $11,000. The trustees of Pope, Cole & Co., of Baltimore, propose to pay eighty cents on the dolar of the $500,000 unsecured liabiliti es.