Commercial Bank - Vancouver, WA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 2, 1912
Location: Vancouver, Washington (45.639, -122.661)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 586a600d

Response Measures

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Description

Article (Seattle Star, 1912-01-02) refers to M. B. Kies as receiver of the Commercial Bank in Vancouver, WA, indicating the bank was in receivership/closed. The brief item doesn't describe a run or prior suspension explicitly, but receivership implies closure; classified as suspension_closure. No evidence of a run or reopening in the provided text.

Events (1)

1. January 2, 1912 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Unable to enter his home at midnight because he had left his keys in the bank vault, which was locked, M. B. Kies, receiver of the Commercial bank, secured a fishing pole and fished the keys off a shelf through the bars of the vault door.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 2, 1912 The Seattle Star Seattle, WA

Article from The Seattle Star, January 2, 1912

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Article Text

FISH POLE DID IT VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 2Unable to enter his home at midnight because he had left his keys in the bank vault, which was locked, M. B. Kies, receiver of the Commercial bank, secured a fishing pole and fished the keys off a shelf through the bars of the vault door.