Farmers Bank - Viroqua, WI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 2, 1917
Location: Viroqua, Wisconsin (43.557, -90.889)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 82352060

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR shows 'Framers' Bank' — corrected to 'Farmers Bank'. Article (Vernon County Censor, 1917-01-03) reports annual meeting and that the bank 'doors can not be opened for business before next Monday', indicating a temporary suspension likely to be lifted (reopening). No run or receiver mentioned and no cause of financial distress given, so classified as a suspension with expected reopening. Date of meeting inferred as 1917-01-02 (article says meeting held 'yesterday').

Events (1)

1. January 2, 1917 Suspension

Cause Details: Temporary closure following the annual meeting; no insolvency or run mentioned.
Newspaper Excerpt: Annual meeting of the Framers' Bank was held yesterday and much business of concern transacted. It is believed the bank doors can not be opened for business before next Mondad.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 3, 1917 Vernon County Censor Viroqua, WI

Article from Vernon County Censor, January 3, 1917

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Article Text

-"Bud" Slack came from Richland Center to visit home folk. -Dora Peterson and Ingeman Fuhr of Folsom visited at Andrew Fuhr's. -Mrs. Jennie Stokes gave a dinner in honor of her friend, Flora Dunlap. -Bloomingdale creamery report is an eye-opener. See it in today's paper. -Miss Dorothy Perkins met with painful bruises to face and wrist while coasting. Good deal of tobacco coming today, joy for the house and workers therein. -Oscar Bosshard and family spent holiday week here, coming from their Mattoon home -Late Sheriff Rogers moved to the Devlin residence when Sheriff Cowden took possession of the jail on Monday. -Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Mitby of Cashton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Running on New Year's day. -Phil Appleman was in from Bloomingdale carrying his arm in a sling from a kick not from a cow, but an automobile. -The Venerable Mrs. Paulson of Christiana, mother of Mrs F. H. Williams, is dead. The CENSOR has only time for this announcement -The Lyman Howe pictures, given at the Opera house last night. were genuinely Howe, first-class, and something instructive and worth seeing. -Dr. Evenson of La Crosse wishes all our reader a Happy New Year and thanks us all for our kind patronage, and trusts he may continue to serve us. -Dr. Evenson of LaCrosse wishes all our readers a Happy New Year, and thanks us all for our kind patronage, and trusts he may continue to serve us. - Warren Fish, Clif Fish and Pearl Fish each have 12x24 wood tire hollow wall silos which they purchased of Chas S. Slack and all the Fishes are boosters for the wood tire silos. - Now that the holiday rush of advertising is over the CENSOR invites its country and village correspondents to take up the pen and report the news during the winter months. -Annual meeting of the Framers' Bank was held yesterday and much business of concern transacted. It is believed the bank doors can not be opened for business before next Mondad. - Mrs. Ella Purdy-Chinn, daughter of Judge Wm. S Purdy, a Vernon county pioneer. who visited here a few months ago. writes that she is now a grandmother, a son having been born to her only daughter, Mary Rusk Torrance at Wichita, Kansas. -Miss Lona Slack returned to Wausan after spending Christmas at home. Sue resigned her position in the Wausau schools some time ago and set up a musical studio in that city. She makes a speciality of instructing young children and is succeeding beyond her expectations as her classes are crowded. -Berg-Waters Mercantile Co. of Kendall cashed up for a carload of wood tire silos they sold for Chas. S. Slack last fall and they have bought more wood tire silos for 1917 and settled for them now, whichlis good evidence they are pleased with wood tire hollow wall silos as they have had a chance to try them out this winter already. -Chas S. Slack lacks only a few more orders for Hoosier extension silo roofs to make 100 orders which will entitle him to a prize offered by his company. Mr. Slack is general agent for ten counties for the Hoosier roofs Orders placed now for these roofs will save the purchaser a nice profit over later orders as prices on galvanized material are going higher the first of the year. -Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Aulb, nce Leone Eckhardt, are spending the holidays with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G W. Eckhardt of this community. They leave for the south after the holidays, touring through Ohio, the home of the groom and will spend some time in West Virginia, visiting the bride's sister, Mrs. J.E. Crawford. They will be at home in Laurens, Iowa, after March 1.