Bank of Enterprise - Enterprise, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: September 2, 1897
Location: Enterprise, Kansas (38.903, -97.117)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 979be0a88169796d

Response Measures

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Description

The article (first published 1897-09-02) lists the Bank of Enterprise as a defendant in a sheriff's sale and explicitly names 'Stuart Hare, receiver,' indicating the bank was in receivership/closed. The text does not describe any run or temporary suspension details, only court/receiver proceedings. Classification as suspension_closure is based on the presence of a receiver and implied permanent closure; no run is mentioned.

Events (1)

1. September 2, 1897 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: ...The Bank of Enterprise, Kansas, ... and Stuart Hare, receiver, are defendants,...
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. September 30, 1897 Abilene Weekly Reflector Abilene, KS

Article from Abilene Weekly Reflector, September 30, 1897

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Article Text

[First published in the Abilene Weekly Reflector, September 2, A. D. 1897.] # SERIFF'S SALE. Under and by virtue of an order of sale is- sued by the clerk of the district court of the Eighth judicial district within and for the county of Dickinson, state of Kansas, in an action therein pending, wherein Guilford Smith is plaintiff and The J. B. Ehrsam Ma- chine Company, The Bank of Enterprise, Kansas, George W. Burnham, Albert Webb, Assignee, and Charles C. Scafie, Laurenston S. Scafie and William B. Scafie, partners as William B. Scafie and Sons, and Stuart Hare, receiver, are defendants, to me directed and delivered, I will, on