Bank of Blaine - Blaine, WA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: November 23, 1896
Location: Blaine, Washington (48.994, -122.747)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 6e226ba1

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Description

Article (Seattle PI, 1896-11-23) explicitly identifies Lester W. David as receiver of the Bank of Blaine, indicating the bank was in receivership by that date. No articles in the set mention a run or a reopening; therefore classified as a suspension leading to closure/receivership. Bank type not specified by name.

Events (1)

1. November 23, 1896 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Lester W. David, receiver of the Bank of Blaine, is stopping at the Butler.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 23, 1896 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA

Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 23, 1896

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Article Text

PERSONAL. John B. Catron. of North Yakima, is at the Butler. Hon. John Lillie, of Port Townsend, is at the Northern. John Maloney, a mining man of Skykomish, is at the Stevens. J. W. Heffner. a lawyer of Snohomish, is quartered at the Stevens. Dr. George H. T. Sparling, of Newcastle, is registered at the Butler. J. E. Connelly. an attorney of Olympia, has appartments at the Northern. R. B. Gammell, an attorney of Fairhaven, is quartered at the Stevens. Lester W. David. receiver of the Bank of Blaine, is stopping at the Butler. Mr. and Mrs. C, J. Paine. of Maltby, are at the Diller, on their way to California. F. Faithful Begg. a capitalist of London, England, is a guest at the Rainier-Grand. B. M. Behrends, a dry goods merchant of Juneau, is stopping at the RainierGrand. Mrs. N Swanson and daughter. of Silvana. are visiting friends in the city, and are stopping at the Diller. John McReavy. ex-member of the legislature, and formerly a capitol commisstoner. of Union City, is registered at the Butler. Oscar W. Lozier, of Duluth, a son of Richard 0. Lozier, the Seattle lumberman. is here on a visit to his father. They are guests at the Stevens. W. J. Morphy and wife, of Minneapolis, are at the Butler. He is an officer of the Seattle Gas and Electric Light Company, and is here arranging and readjusting its offices. The following lumbermen arrived at the Diller yesterday. George Howard. of Port Gamble: Bert Farrar, of Duckabush, C. A. Hudson and Joseph Ferguson, of Arlington: Al Densmore and Neti Brown, of Stanwood.