First National. Bank of Benson

Episode Information

Episode UID: 6367845891584
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: trust
Bank ID: 636784589 hash
Start Date: December 7, 1931
Location: Hollsopple, Pennsylvania (40.213, -78.929)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: baabecb989f369be

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Description

OCR corrected Hoisopple -> Hollsopple; article reports receiver and dividend for closed bank but does not detail the suspension date.

Events (1)

1. December 7, 1931 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Coppedge, receiver for the First National ... also receiver for the First National Bank of Benson at Hoisopple Pa., said creditors of that bank will soon receive checks for third and final dividend of 12.25 per cent.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 7, 1931 New Castle News New Castle, PA

Article from New Castle News, December 7, 1931

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Article Text

Second Dividend Will Be Made To Bank Depositors Receiver For First National Bank Of Seward, Announces Dividends Ready (International News Service) Coppedge, receiver for the First National B of Seward, announced today he had ordered second dividend of five per cent paid to the creditors of the closed A previous dividend of 35 per cent has been paid and checks for the second distribution will be made as soon RS they are approved by the comptroller of currency at Washington Coppedge. also receiver for the First National Bank of Benson at Hoisopple Pa., said creditors of that bank will soon receive checks for third and final dividend of 12.25 per cent. Previous dividends aggregating 45 per cent have been paid. URGE BUYING PRISON ISLE (International News Service) TACOMA Wash. A Tacoma grand jury has solved the Federal Government's problem of preventing prisoners escaping from the McNeil Island Penitentiary. Buy the island outright, they advise. Nearly every escape made from the government prison is accomplished with boats stolen from private landowners on the other half of the 4.400 acre island, the grand jury report states. The waters of Puget Sound are too cold to attempt to swim to the mainland.