gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
c8667174f2e9bfe5
Response Measures
Accommodated withdrawals
Events (3)
1.July 22, 1886Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2.February 24, 1910Run
Cause
Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details
Large crowd gathered to see boxer Jim Jeffries was mistaken for evidence of a run, prompting depositors to withdraw; calm returned after he left and rumor was dispelled.
Random Run
Yes
Random Run Snippet
Crowd to see Jim Jeffries mistaken for a run; rumor false
Measures
Some depositors briefly cashed in withdrawals but later replaced funds; police dispersed the crowd.
Newspaper Excerpt
When Jim Jeffries went into the Merchants National bank ... his presence drew a large crowd and started a run on the institution.
Source
newspapers
3.December 31, 1928Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic
Newspaper Articles (6)
1.February 24, 1910The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, WA
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Article Text
Run on Bank. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.-When Jim Jeffries went into the Merchants National bank to put away some of his theatrical earnings, his presence drew a large crowd and started a run on the institution. Scores of depositors, thinking something was wrong, began cashing in and not until the fighter retired did the frightened patrons become reassured.
2.February 24, 1910The Spokane PressSpokane, WA
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JEFFRIES ALMOST CAUSED BANK RUN (By United Press Leased Wire) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.When Jim Jeffries went into the Merchants' National bank to put away a little of his theatrical "pile" his presence drew a crowd of the curious and started a run on the institution, causing its officials symptoms of heart failure from which they had hardly recovered today. The first depositor who saw the crowd about the bank had visions of his money being hypothecated and he entered the bank with a rush. Soon scores of other depositors were "cashing in," and it was not until the fighter retired with a greater number of the throng that the frightened depositors became reassured and replaced their savings.
3.February 24, 1910The Spokane PressSpokane, WA
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JEFFRIES ALMOST CAUSED BANK RUN (By United Press Leased Wire) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.When Jim Jeffries went into the Merchants' National bank to put away a little of his theatrical "pile" his presence drew a crowd of the curious and started a run on the institution, causing its officials symptoms of heart failure from which they had hardly recovered today. The first depositor who saw the crowd about the bank had visions of his money being hypothecated and he entered the bank with a rush. Soon scores of other depositors were "cashing in," and it was not until the fighter retired with a greater number of the throng that the frightened depositors became reassured and replaced their savings.
4.February 24, 1910East Oregonian : E.OPendleton, OR
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SIGHT OF JEFFRIES NEARLY BREAKS BANK. Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 24. - When Jim Jeffries went in to the Merchants' National bank to put away some theatrical earnings, his presence drew a large crowd and started a run on the institution Scores of depositors, thinking something was wrong, began cashing in and not until the fighter retired did the frightened patrons become reassured.
5.February 24, 1910The Tacoma TimesTacoma, WA
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RUN ON BANK WHEN JEFF ENTERS (By United Press Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.When Jim Jeffries went into the Merchants' National bank to put away a little of his theatrical "pile" his presence drew a crowd of curious and started a run on the institution, causing its officials symptoms of heart failure from which they had hardly recovered today. The first depositor who saw the crowd about the bank had visions of his money being hypothecated and he entered the bank with a rush. Soon scores of other depositors were "cashing in" and it was not until the fighter retired with a greater number of the throng, that the frightened depositors became reassured and replaced their savings.
6.February 24, 1910The San Francisco CallSan Francisco, CA
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JEFFRIES STARTS RUN ON LOS ANGELES BANK Depositors Mistake Cause of Crowd Gathered to See Him LOS ANGELES, Feb. What's all the excitement about?" asked a policeman today, as he hurried toward Third and Spring streets, where a large crowd had assembled. "It's a run on the Merchants' national bank." some one shouted. Soon the cry was taken up generally and the crowd in front of the bank became SO dense that a riot call for the police was turned in. Several depositors fought their way up to the paying teller's windows and withdrew their funds, while the astounded bank officials wondered what it was all about. When the police had dispersed the crowd in front of the bank the cause of the excitement was learned. James J. Jeffries, the pugilist, had gone into the institution to cash a check and the prompt assembling of several hundred curious persons to get a glimpse of the former champion had given rise to the rumor that there was a run on the bank.
Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.
But not for you.
You are the measure-zero exception: great fundamentals, solid bank, and yet the Diamond Dybvig fairy spread its rumor. Depositors woke up. Your collateral was not prepositioned. The Clearinghouse had it for you.
Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to jail… or worse.