Pennsylvania Bank - Philadelphia, PA

Episode Information

Episode UID: 3014671435
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 301467 routing
Routing Number: 3-0146
Start Date: July 21, 1919
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (39.952, -75.164)

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Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: b07d18abb4dbe7c7

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Events (2)

1. July 21, 1919 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Commissioner of Banking Fisher announced tonight ... had admitted to receiver in charge of the bank there's a shortage of nine hundred thousand dollars. The commissioner has ordered Moyer's arrest.
Source: newspapers

2. July 21, 1919 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Cashier Ralph T. Moyer admitted a $900,000 shortage leading to bank being placed in receivership.
Newspaper Excerpt: Commissioner of Banking Fisher announced tonight that Ralph T. Moyer, cashier Pennsylvania Bank at Philadelphia had admitted to receiver in charge of the bank there's a shortage of nine hundred thousand dollars.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 22, 1919 The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL

Article from The Pensacola Journal, July 22, 1919

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Article Text

BIG SHORTAGE IS ADMITTED BY BANK'S CASHIER Harrisburg, Pa., July 21.-Commissioner of Banking Fisher announced tonight that Ralph T. Moyer, cashier Pennsylvania Bank at Philadelphia had admitted to receiver in charge of the bank there's a shortage of nine hundred thousand dollars. The commissioner has ordered Moyer's arrest.

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Newspaper Articles (1)

Article Text

Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.

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