Article Text
Illinois Bank Fails. Quincy, Ill., Nov. 16.-The La Harpe bank, La Harpe, III., failed Saturday Hard times is the cause assigned by the managers. Liabilities and assets cannot be ascertained, as officers declined to give them out.
4278. La Harpe State Bank (La Harpe, IL)
Bank Information
- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- state
- Start Date
- November 16, 1896
- Location
- La Harpe, Illinois (40.583, -90.969)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini
- Short Digest
c8410ac3f2982c2f
Response Measures
None
Description
Contemporary notices report the La Harpe bank 'failed' on Nov. 16, 1896 and managers blamed 'hard times.' No run is mentioned; no receiver is named in the brief notices, but the wording indicates a failure/closure. Liabilities/assets were not disclosed in the reports.
Events (1)
1.
November 16, 1896
Suspension
- Cause
- Macro News
- Cause Details
- Managers attributed the failure to 'hard times' (general economic distress).
- Newspaper Excerpt
- The La Harpe bank, La Harpe, Ill., failed Saturday. Hard times is the cause assigned by the managers.
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (2)
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Article Text
Illinois Bank Fails. Quincy, III., Nov. 16.-The La Harpe bank, La Harpe, Ill., failed Saturday. Hard times is the cause assigned by the managers. Liabilities and assets cannot be ascertained, as officers declined to give them out.