Bank of Lyons - Lyons, KS

Episode Information

Episode UID: 6294678491117
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: trust
Bank ID: 629467849 hash
Start Date: January 26, 1893
Location: Lyons, Kansas (38.345, -98.202)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: df6e98ab1501b883

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Description

Article refers to 'a late bank in Lyone' (OCR) with a receiver; likely Lyons bank failure.

Events (2)

1. January 26, 1893 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: The bank had owing it about $150,000, of this amount, after an effort of several months, $15,000 has been realized. The returns show that some of that money was borrowed on false pretences, and that another part must have been lost by a deliberate attempt to beat the bank, along with evident mismanagement.
Source: newspapers

2. January 26, 1893 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: According to a statement issued by the receiver of a late bank in Lyone it would appear that facilities for borrowing are at present ample.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 26, 1893 The Saline County Journal Salina, KS

Article from The Saline County Journal, January 26, 1893

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Article Text

A MANIA for borrowing seems to have seized a large percentage of the people of this state. In its latest form It has appeared in a bill introduced into the legislature, wh eb measure is paid to be the child of the governor. It provides that the state borrow monney and loan It out to the farmers in counties of not less than 1500 population. At best borrowing is only shifting a load from one shoulder to the other, and it is difficult to see why a people who have so much to pay with this year should want to borrow, or care for Increased facilities for borrowing. According to a statement issue d by the receiver of a late bank in Lyone it would appear that facilities for borrowing are at present ample. The bank had owing It about $150,000, of this amount, after an effort of several months, $15,000 has been realized. The returns show that some of that money was borrowed on false pretences, and that another part must have been lost by a deliberate attempt to beat the bank. along with evident mismanagement.