Farmers State Bank - LaFontaine, IN

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: June 1, 1925*
Location: LaFontaine, Indiana (40.674, -85.721)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: a9c48fb99c9c2377

Response Measures

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Description

Article (Indianapolis Times, 1925-11-20) reports Farmers' State Bank at LaFontaine closed in June 1925 and was placed in receivership; by Nov 20, 1925 it is to be reopened and depositors/creditors paid almost in full. No mention of a run prior to suspension.

Events (3)

1. June 1, 1925* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: has been in the hands of a receiver since, is to be reopened. Depositors and creditors have been paid almost in full.
Source: newspapers

2. June 1, 1925* Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed in June and placed in the hands of a receiver (receivership).
Newspaper Excerpt: Farmers' State Bank at Lafontaine, which closed last June and has been in the hands of a receiver since, is to be reopened.
Source: newspapers

3. November 20, 1925 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: Farmers' State Bank at Lafontaine ... is to be reopened. Depositors and creditors have been paid almost in full.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 20, 1925 The Indianapolis Times Indianapolis, IN

Article from The Indianapolis Times, November 20, 1925

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Article Text

Hoosier Briefs OTICE burglars! Please lay off me for a while. N Try the barbers, they have more money than I." Attorney R. N. Smith, La Porte, ran this notice in newspapers after burglars stole $200 from his home. Previously, $50 was taken from his office. Smith also won a $250 radio and because he wasn't present to receive it, it was awarded to another. Approximately $50,000 from appropriations will be turned back to the city's general fund at Connersville the first of the year, according to William Dentlinger, city clerk. Gary's new $1,000,000 Palace Theater is being rushed to completion for opening Thanksgiving day. When Ray Deffenbaugh, Bluffton farmer, was stricken with appendicitis, neighbors husked his farm cΓop. Fred Diederich is the chairman of the Boosters' Club organized at Newcastle. Two hundred members are sought. OR the first time in years, the law against Sunday F hunting was invoked in Kosciusko County when Weldon Richie and Ezra Kaiser were arrested by game wardens and fined $9.50 by Justice Ira Ferverda. Mrs. Hilda Shane, widow of a Warsa wlawyer, has sued an accident insurance company alleging refusal to pay a policy for her husband's death. He stumbled and fell while hunting, injuring his foot. Infection set in and caused his death, she charges. - Derrick Guilford, 71, laborer, and Lotta Kistler, 63, both of Auburn Junction, are newly weds. It is the second matrimonial venture for each. Farmers' State Bank at Lafontaine, which closed last June and has been in the hands of a receiver since, is to be reopened. Depositors and creditors have been paid almost in full.