Taunton Bank - Taunton, MA

Episode Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Start Date: February 28, 1904
Location: Taunton, Massachusetts (41.900, -71.090)
Bank Type: state

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Bank ID
City ID: 250613154

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest

Notes

Article lists an unnamed Taunton, Mass. bank as a business failure; the specific institution name is not given.

Events (1)

1. February 28, 1904 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Listed among business failures, indicating insolvency/closure rather than a mere temporary holiday.
Newspaper Excerpt: Feb. 28—Opelika (Ala.) bank; $150,000....Taunton (Mass.) bank; $600,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 31, 1904 The Broad Ax Chicago, Salt Lake City, IL

Article from The Broad Ax, December 31, 1904

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Article Text

Business Failures

Jan. 14—Auburn (Ind.) Farmers' bank. 16—Mt. Ayr (Ia.) Citizens' bank; $450,000. 22—Cleveland (O.) Produce Exchange bank and branches at Bedford, Hudson and Defiance. 23—Elkhart (Ind.) Nat. bank. 30—New York, A. B. Baxter & Co., cotton brokers; $2,000,000. Feb. 2—New Orleans, Kirby Lumber Co. and Houston Oil Co Clarksburg (W. Va.) Traders' Nat. bank. 9—McGruder (Tex.) Citizens' Nat. bank. 10—New York Equitable Nat. bank Bank of Dunn, N. C. 11—Syracuse (N. Y.) Exchange Nat. bank; $500,000. 15—Pella (Ia.) Savings bank. 28—Opelika (Ala.) bank; $150,000 Taunton (Mass.) bank; $600,000. Mar. 2—Le Sueur (Minn.) bank; $95,000. 11—Garden Grove and Coin (Ia.) banks. 18—Daniel Sully, New York cotton king; $17,000,000. 21—Lonaconing (Md.) Savings bank. 22—Riverside (Cal.) bank E. O. Miller, banker, Providence, Ia National bank of Holdenville, Ind. T., suspends operations. 31—Union Trust, Boston; $1,600,000 Federal Trust, Cleveland; $1,000,000. Apr. 4—Capital Nat. bank, Guthrie, Okla.; $1,033,000 W. B. Mack, New York.