First National Bank - Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 1998
Charter Number: 1998
Start Date: March 8, 1906
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (44.384, -89.817)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: d2898149

Response Measures

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Description

Article describes a crowd of schoolchildren for a promotional giveaway causing a 'run' on opening; not a financial panic or withdrawals. No suspension or closure mentioned.

Events (2)

1. June 18, 1872 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. March 8, 1906 Run

Cause Details: Promotional giveaway of school bags attracted over a hundred schoolchildren, crowding the bank; not withdrawals or panic.
Newspaper Excerpt: Run On Bank. The First National bank had its first run Saturday morning, when more than a hundred persons awaited the opening of the doors, and the resumption of business. The hundred were not dissatisfied patrons, however, but that number of school children who were on hand to secure one of the school bags the bank had advertised to give away on that morning. Five hundred of these bags were given away in half an hour, and until the most of the rush had subsided, the lobby of the bank was crowded to its utmost.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 8, 1906 Wood County Reporter Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Article from Wood County Reporter, March 8, 1906

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Article Text

Run On Bank. The First National bank had its first run Saturday morning, when more than a hundred persons awaited the opening of the doors, and the resumption of business. The hundred were not dissatisfied patrons, however, but that number of school children who were on hand to secure one of the school bags the bank had advertised to give away on that morning. Five hundred of these bags were given away in half an hour, and until the most of the rush had subsided, the lobby of the bank was crowded to its utmost.