First National Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 8118
Charter Number: 8118
Start Date: July 11, 1930
Location: Dale, Wisconsin (44.273, -88.678)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: d8beea23c8ad652f

Response Measures

None

Description

Temporary closure of the bank's door caused by a swarm of bees; no run occurred and the bank reopened soon after. Date inferred from publication (yesterday) as 1930-07-11.

Events (3)

1. March 3, 1906 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. July 11, 1930 Suspension

Cause Details: Hundreds of bees swarmed about the bank doorway, keeping customers away and prompting the cashier to post a sign closing the bank temporarily.
Newspaper Excerpt: Not open for business. There was no run on the bank and was soon reopened, no one having attempted to gain admission meanwhile. Hundreds of bees had swarmed about the doorway.
Source: newspapers

3. September 10, 1934 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 12, 1930 Stevens Point Journal Stevens Point, WI

Article from Stevens Point Journal, July 12, 1930

Click image to open full size in new tab

Article Text

BEES RAID DALE BANK KEEP CUSTOMERS AWAY Dale, Wis., July First National bank cashier, Welch, put up sign on the bank door yesterday: "Not open for limited production His outspoken opposition to their views, Chairman Legge accused, was due to politically reasons. business." There was no run on the bank and was soon reopened, no one having attempted to gain admission meanwhile. Hundreds of bees had swarmed about the doorway. Electric lines of the United States employ more than 300,000 persons.