First National Bank - Jerseyville, IL

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 2328
Charter Number: 2328
Start Date: April 15, 1927
Location: Jerseyville, Illinois (39.120, -90.328)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 7730bb9c35f98246

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Description

Article (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1927-04-15) reports the receiver of the First National Bank of Jerseyville resigned after criticism by depositors and mentions petitions to the United States (Comptroller). OCR is poor in places (names and some phrases unreadable), but the piece indicates the bank was in receivership/closed rather than a mere temporary run or later reopening. No explicit run is described in the text provided.

Events (3)

1. March 30, 1876 Chartered

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2. April 28, 1894 Voluntary Liquidation

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3. April 15, 1927 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: BANK RECEIVER, CRITICISED BY DEPOSITORS, RESIGNS ... H. A. Bancroft Succeeded In First National at Jerseyv[ille], ... A petition to United States of Currency circulated.
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Newspaper Articles (1)

1. April 15, 1927 St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO

Article from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 15, 1927

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Article Text

BANK RECEIVER, CRITICISED BY DEPOSITORS, RESIGNS H. A. Bancroft Succeeded In First National at Jerseyv III., by W. R. Dillert. Horace of the First National Bank of since when Cashier Frank D Heller killed resigned yesterday giving as his reason the pressure of other R. of was appointed his suc Prior to Baneroft's resignation of depositors to express tion the slowness affairs being A petition to United States of Currency circulated. Football Played 923 Years Ago. LONDON April was played in Japan more than 200 years age Arthur Waley of the British Museum has discovered "There is a mention of football by her novel of 923 years he said. "They undoubtedly kicked ball but should say the game was materially different from