2060. Bank of Mount Dora (Mount Dora, FL)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
August 1, 1928*
Location
Mount Dora, Florida (28.802, -81.645)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
2597f4bccdba0617

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspapers from Aug 30โ€“31, 1928 report the Bank of Mount Dora had closed some time ago and the Comptroller appointed C. B. Treadway as receiver. No article describes a depositor run; the bank was closed and placed in receivership.

Events (2)

1. August 1, 1928* Suspension
Cause Details
Article states the bank closed its doors for business several weeks ago but gives no cause for the suspension.
Newspaper Excerpt
Bank of Mount Dora, which closed its doors for business several weeks ago.
Source
newspapers
2. August 30, 1928 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Comptroller Ernest Amos today announced the appointment of C. B. Treadway, of Tavares, as receiver for the Bank of Mount Dora, which closed sometime ago. (reported Aug. 30โ€“31, 1928).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from Tallahassee Democrat, August 31, 1928

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Article Text

NAMES TREADWAY BANK RECEIVER Comptroller Amos has appointed C. B. Treadaway of Tavares, as receiver for the Bank of Mount Dora, which closed its Goors for business several weeks ago.


Article from The Tampa Tribune, August 31, 1928

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BANK RECEIVER NAMED TALLAHASSEE Aug. 30 Comptroller Ernest Amos today announced the appointment of C. B. Treadway, of Tavares, as receiver for the Bank of Mount Dora, which closed sometime ago.


Article from The Atlanta Journal, August 31, 1928

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HIGHWAY FORCES FOR RIVERS, SAY HARDMAN AIDES Active Work All Over the State of Georgia Charged Officials and employees of the state highway department in all sections of the state are working openly for the nomination of State Sena tor E. Rivers for governor, was charged in issued Friday by the Hardman campaign committee. The statement pointed out that Governor Hardman has been attacking the entire highway organization vigorously Automobiles owned by the state highway department are being usea to distribute literature for Senator Rivers and to put his picture on telephone poles and trees along all the highways of the state, the alleged. It was as From all sections of Georgia we are getting protests from indignant citizens about the activities of state highway department employees in the interest of Candidate E. D. Rivers. Division engineers, men. in many sections of the state, instead of devoting their attention to the roads, are devoting their attention to the Rivers campaign They distributing Rivers campaign literature. tacking Rivers posters on poles. and fence posts, Rivers by word of mouth. Many of them have their automobile decorated with Rivers placards and pictures. This they are doing in automobiles owned by the state and operated at the expense of the state. Governor Hardman a few days ago called attention to the fact that the highway department fleet of some 235 cars for the use of officials and employees. and also called attention to the huge maintenance expense thereof Their boldness in converting highway field organization into political field organization the boldness born of desperation. Success for their candidate is absolutely essential to the perpetuation of their machine. Defeat for their candidate inevitably will result in the destruction of their Two years ago their then candidate for governor (Holder was overwhelmingly repudiated and defeated. He now holds office not by operation of law but by force of political arms. In the present campaign their present candidate (Holder, alias Rivers), is headed for another overrepudiation and That is why so many of the field forces of the highway department have boldly and openly abandoned the duties they are paid to perform, and are riding roads for Rivers from the mountains to the sea. 'Chute Jump Fatal GUERNSEY Colo., Aug. Clyde Duncan, stunt flyer, of Casper jumped 1,500 feet to his death from a Casper Airways, Inc., plane Thursday afternoon while performing before crowd of 4,000 persons in tendance at the Guernsey old-timers reunion at the fair grounds. Bank Receiver Named TALLAHASSEE Aug. 31.-(P) Comptroller Ernest Amos Thursday announced the appointment of C. B. Treadway, of Tavares. as receiver for the Bank of Mt. Dora, which closed some time ago.