First National Bank - Brownsville, TX

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 4577
Charter Number: 4577
Start Date: November 26, 1896
Location: Brownsville, Texas (25.902, -97.497)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: b9c06e5c

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Description

The article (dated 1896-11-26, Thanksgiving Day) states the First National Bank suspended business today. Context indicates a holiday closure rather than a failure (listed alongside postoffice and customhouse). No run, receivership, or permanent closure is mentioned; likely a temporary suspension (holiday) with reopening.

Events (3)

1. June 2, 1891 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. November 26, 1896 Suspension

Cause Details: Suspended business on Thanksgiving Day (holiday closure), listed with other public offices; no indication of distress or failure.
Newspaper Excerpt: The postoffice, First National bank and custombouse suspended business today.
Source: newspapers

3. October 20, 1925 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 26, 1896 The Daily Herald Brownsville, TX

Article from The Daily Herald, November 26, 1896

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Article Text

about TOWN. Thanksgiving day. An uggly, windy day this has been. Robt. Stillman returned from the ranch last evening. Two recruits for Fort Brown arrived on the stage last night. The Alice mail stage passed El Sauz at 9:15 this morning; no passengers. The postoffice, First National bank and custombouse suspended business today. E. Ganucheau, representing a New Orleans hardware house, arriv ed on the stage last night. A marriage license was issued today by county clerk Webb to Ysidoro Webber and Miss Rosa Trevino. The steamship Clinton sailed from Galveston at 2 p. m., last evening and will be off the bar sometime tonight. T. G. Jones returned last night from a brief visit to the Stillman ranch, where he went to look at cattle. A little child of Mr. and Mrs Justo Garcia, aged nine months, died this morning at their home in this city. It will be buried tomorrow morning at nine. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Stillman arrived from their ranch last evenIng to visit relatives in Brownsville. Mr. Stillman is one of the solid ranch owners of this county, and has great faith in the future of the lower Rio Grande. The usual Thanksgiving services were held at the Episcopal church this morning by Rev. J. Portmess. The services were well attended. Beautiful and appropriate decorations were arranged about the interior of the edificé The Thanksgiving hop promises to be a great snccess, under the management of Prof. Cummings and Ed gar Woodhouse. The young men would de well 10 slow à pencil in the inside pocket of their dress coat to as the programs provided ar minus pencils, 80 TRE HERALD is III. formed. A juvenile hop, under the man agement of Masters Charlie More Franklin Russell and Augus Ra phael, will take place Saturday nigh at the opera house: The young gen tlemen in charge of the affair are using their best efforts to have : grand supper; with other accompani inents on that night: W. F. Dennett, sales tigent fo Wanamaker & Brown, Oak Hal Philadelphia, has received a full line of fall and winter sampleš of cloth ing, ready made or made to orde suits, gents' furnishing goods, etc etc. Saniple room on Washingto street, opposite Mrs. J. Sauder. Oper from 10 to 11 o'clock every morning