Strongs Bank - Dodgeville, WI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: November 11, 1927
Location: Dodgeville, Wisconsin (42.960, -90.130)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: f10e6823

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (The Leader-Press, 1927-11-17) reports Strong's Bank in Dodgeville was closed by the state banking department at the request of the directors; no run is mentioned. The cashier committed suicide after the bank's closing. OCR corrected Strong's Bank from Strongs Bank and inferred closure date as the previous Friday (1927-11-11).

Events (1)

1. November 11, 1927 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed by the state banking department at the request of the bank's directors (banking department ordered closure).
Newspaper Excerpt: the closbank last Friday by the of his state banking department at the directors of the instituquest of the tion. is of Strong's Bank in Dodgeville
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 17, 1927 The Leader-Press Muscoda, WI

Article from The Leader-Press, November 17, 1927

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Article Text

cashier of the Vivian Williams, and Farmers Bank closed City and well known resident Dodgeville of Iowa County, committed suicide that early last home in city shooting himself day morning by through the His action believed to have been caused by despondency the closbank last Friday by the of his state banking department at the directors of the instituquest of the tion. is of Strong's Bank in Dodgeville, connection between there no institutions. The cashier the two survived by widow and