Bank of Westby - Westby, WI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: July 1, 1904*
Location: Westby, Wisconsin (43.657, -90.854)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: de168817

Response Measures

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Description

Article (1904-07-15) names M. H. Bekkedal as Receiver of Bank of Westby and advertises sale of warehouse property by the receiver. The piece does not mention a run; it indicates the bank was placed in receivership (closure). Suspension is not explicitly stated but receivership implies closure following suspension/insolvency — categorized as suspension_closure.

Events (2)

1. July 1, 1904* Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank placed in receivership by authority (receiver named); implies suspension of payments/operations and closure.
Newspaper Excerpt: M. H. BEKKEDAL, Receiver of Bank of Westby.
Source: newspapers

2. July 15, 1904 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: NOTICE OF SALE. ... Sale opens on the premises on July 21st ... M. H. BEKKEDAL, Receiver of Bank of Westby.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 15, 1904 The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter Edgerton, WI

Article from The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, July 15, 1904

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Article Text

Tobacco Notes. F. S. Baines of Janesville was a caller in this market Wednesday. E. C. Tallard is running a small force of assorters in No. 20, putting up a few lots of bundle goods. Henry Price left last week for Gays Mill where he has the contract for erecting a tobacco warehouse for O. R. Pomeroy. McIntosh Bros. are replacing the supporting piers and laying a cement floor in their warehouse, which will involve quite an expense. Will McIntosh was called to Janesville yesterday to act as one of the arbitrators in the settlement of the insurance loss upon L. B. Carle's tobacco. After a sorting season of nearly six months, the warehouse of Andrew Jenson closed operations on Friday last. The packings are the largest put up by him for several years. The tobacco warehouse at this place closed after a run of four months. Considering the season the output has been quite as large as previous years, upwards of 1600 cases having been packed. Tobacco sorting is a great industry and generally furnishes employment at a season of the year when there is no other work. We understand that Mr. Earle has paid out for help this season an average of $325 a week.-Readstown Herald. NOTICE OF SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest responsible bidder for cash, the following tobacco warehouses: Warehouse number four (4), known as the A. Johnson warehouse, and warehouse number five (5), known as the H. O. Hanson warehouse, with all fixtures thereto. Sale opens on the premises on July 21st at 9 o'clock a. m. in the village of Westby, Vernon county, Wisconsin. M. H. BEKKEDAL, Receiver of Bank of Westby.