23100. Mckinley Security Bank (Ravenswood, WV)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
March 18, 1915
Location
Ravenswood, West Virginia (38.948, -81.761)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
2b927cfe

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper reports (Mar 18–19, 1915) state the governor appointed W. M. Arnold as receiver for the McKinley Security Bank at Ravenswood. No run is mentioned; receiver appointment implies the bank was closed by government action and placed in receivership.

Events (1)
1. March 18, 1915 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Governor Hatfield ... appointed W. M. Arnold at Ravenswood, as receiver for the the McKinley Security Bank of that town.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. March 18, 1915 The Daily Telegram Clarksburg, WV
Article from The Daily Telegram, March 18, 1915

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Article Text

BANK RECEIVERS Are Appointed by the Governor and Requisitions Are Honored by Him. CHARLESTON, March 18-Governor Hatfield last night appointed Harvey Shain, of Fairmont, as receiver for the Citizens Dollar Savings and Trust Company of Fairmont, and W. M. Arnold at Ravenswood, as receiver for the the McKinley Security Bank of that town. Shain was the former president of the Fairmont institution. The governor last night also honored the requisition of the governor of Virginia for Daniel Adams, now in jail at Charles Town, this state. wanted in Clark county, Va., for housebreaking. and issued a requisttion on the chief magistrate of the District of Columbia for Richard Renner, wanted in Jefferson county, where he escaped jail.

2. March 19, 1915 The Daily Telegram Clarksburg, WV
Article from The Daily Telegram, March 19, 1915

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Article Text

BANK RECEIVERS Are Appointed by the Governor and Requisitions Are Honored by Him. CHARLESTON, March 19.-Governor Hatfield has appointed Harvey Shain, of Fairmont, as receiver for the Citizens Dollar Savings and Trust Company of Fairmont, and W. M. Arnold at Ravenswood, as receiver for the the McKinley Security Bank of that town. Shain was the former president of the Fairmont institution. The governor last night also honored the requisition of the governor of Virginia for Daniel Adams, now in jail at Charles Town, this state. wanted in Clark county, Va., for housebreaking. and issued a requisttion on the chief magistrate of the District of Columbia for Richard Renner. wanted in Jefferson county, where he escaped jail.