Chicago Bank - Chicago, IL

Episode Information

Episode UID: 2257222590885
Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 225722259 hash
Start Date: September 1, 1873*
Location: Chicago, Illinois (41.850, -87.650)

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Model: gemini-3-flash-preview (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 2b199c58d2a4e55c

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Description

The article refers to a generic 'Chicago Bank' during the Panic of 1873; it is unclear if this is a specific bank name or a general reference.

Events (1)

1. September 1, 1873* Run

Cause: Macro News
Cause Details: The Panic of 1873 caused widespread financial distress and heavy withdrawals in Chicago.
Measures: The bank appears to have been restricting payments, though a director paid one depositor from his private funds.
Newspaper Excerpt: She rushed frantically to one of the directors, and asked if she could not draw her money. I am very sorry, madam, said he, but I can't help you to it just now.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 23, 1873 The Elk County Advocate Ridgway, PA

Article from The Elk County Advocate, October 23, 1873

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Article Text

After Her Money. But one woman succeeded in fairly melting the heart of one of the directors of a Chicago Bank during the panic. She was a young woman, not particularly pretty, perhaps, but interesting, and she had tears in her eyes and $50 in the bank. She rushed frantically to one of the directors, and asked if she could not draw her money. "I am very sorry, madam," said he, but I can't help you to it just now." "But I musi have it immediately," she returned, passionately. "It's all I have in the world." 'Well, my dear madam, you must have patience as well as the rest." "But mine is an urgent case, and I can't wait, because-" " Well, because what?" "Because," said she, with a smile on her lip and a tear in her eye, "because I'm going to be married, and I've got to get some things. The man I'm going to marry has not a cent to pay the minister, and he has only one leg, and so I've got to see to everything myself." The benevolent director dove down into his pocket and produced his private purse, out of which he paid her the amount. And she went on her way rejoicing.