3317. Security Savings Bank (Davenport, IA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
savings bank
Start Date
March 1, 1926*
Location
Davenport, Iowa (41.524, -90.578)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
3b88d34b

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple articles (Mar 3-4, 1928) report the suicide of Otto Eckhardt, former cashier of Security Savings Bank, and state the bank suspended operations about two years ago. There is no mention of a depositor run or of the bank reopening; I infer the bank remained closed since suspension (~1926). Cause of the suspension is not given in the articles.

Events (1)
1. March 1, 1926* Suspension
Cause Details
Article only states the bank suspended operations about two years ago (no cause given)
Newspaper Excerpt
former cashier of the Security Savings bank, which suspended operations about two years ago
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)
1. March 3, 1928 The Courier Waterloo, IA
Article from The Courier, March 3, 1928

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New Miners Union Goes to Kansas City Centerville, March District headquarters of the newly Southwest Amerwill abandoned and all the union transacted national Kansas to an The amalgamation miners' membership confined practically Appanoose county, and of Mississippi. Agnessen president. EX-CASHIER ENDS LIFE. Davenport, March financial Otto former cashier of the Security Savings bank, which suspended operations about two years ended by turning the bathroom of his home last

2. March 3, 1928 The Muscatine Journal Muscatine, IA
Article from The Muscatine Journal, March 3, 1928

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DAVENPORT MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Davenport, Ia., March 3.-(AP)Despondent over financial difficulties. Otto Eckhardt, former cashier of the Security Savings bank. which suspended operations about two years ago, ended his life by turning on the gas in the bath room of his home. last He was dead when his wife returned home with some friends and discovered the body. Read the ads. on Classified Page.

3. March 4, 1928 The Sioux City Journal Sioux City, IA
Article from The Sioux City Journal, March 4, 1928

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Former Bank Cashier Ends Life with Gas Davenport, Ia., March 3.-(P)-Despondent over financial difficulties, Otto Eckhardt, former cashier of the Security Savings bank, which suspended operations about two years ago, ended his life by turning the gas in the bathroom of his home. He was dead when his wife, re turning home with friends, discovered the body.

4. March 4, 1928 The Gazette Cedar Rapids, IA
Article from The Gazette, March 4, 1928

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FORMER BANKER ENDS LIFE. DAVENPORT. March Despondent over financial difficulOtto Eckhardt. former cashier of the Security Savings bank, which suspended about two years ended his life by turning on the gas in the room of his home evening. He was dead when his wife, returning home with some friends, discovered the body.