First National Bank - Sharon, PA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 1685
Charter Number: 1685
Start Date: May 28, 1889
Location: Sharon, Pennsylvania (41.233, -80.493)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 15746924

Response Measures

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Description

The bank suspended operations because the time-lock on the safe was accidentally set for 48 hours (operational error). No run is mentioned. The safe was opened the next day and the bank resumed business.

Events (4)

1. September 8, 1868 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. May 28, 1889 Suspension

Cause Details: Time-lock on the bank's safe was accidentally set for 48 hours, preventing access to cash and forcing suspension.
Newspaper Excerpt: SHARON, May 28,-The First National Bank of this place ... was forced to suspend business to-day from a queer cause. The time lock on the safe was set by mistake last night for forty-eight hours and the safe can not be opened until 6 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Source: newspapers

3. May 29, 1889 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: The time-lock was set by mistake the night before for forty-eight hours, and the safe could not be opened until yesterday morning.
Source: newspapers

4. March 28, 1934 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (3)

1. May 29, 1889 Daily Republican Wilmington, DE

Article from Daily Republican, May 29, 1889

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Article Text

A Queer Cause For Suspension. SHARON, May 28,-The First Nationa Bank of this place, the largest inst tution of the kind in Mercer county, was forced to suspend business to-day from a queer cause. The time lock on the safe was set by mistake last night for forty-eight hours and the safe can not be opened until Goeclock to-morrow morning.

2. May 30, 1889 Rock Island Daily Argus Rock Island, IL

Article from Rock Island Daily Argus, May 30, 1889

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The Time-Lock Suspended the Bank. SHARON, Pa., May 30.-The First National bank here, the largest institution of the kind in Mercer county, was forced to suspend Tuesday from a queer cause. The time-lock was set by mistake the night before for forty-eight hours, and the safe could not be opened until yesterday morning.

3. May 30, 1889 Rock Island Daily Argus Rock Island, IL

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Article Text

The Time-Lock Suspended the Bank. SHARON, Pa., May 30.-The First National bank here, the largest institution of the kind in Mercer county, was forced to suspend Tuesday from a queer cause. The time-lock was set by mistake the night before for forty-eight hours, and the safe could not be opened until yesterday morning.