Exchange Bank - Courtland, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: August 9, 1893
Location: Courtland, Kansas (39.781, -97.893)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 6eba7def

Response Measures

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Description

Newspaper dispatches (dated Aug 9, 1893) state the Exchange Bank of Courtland suspended payment and refer to it as a failure. No cause or reopening is mentioned; telegraph was sent to the State Bank Commissioner, indicating a state-chartered bank.

Events (1)

1. August 9, 1893 Suspension

Cause Details: No particulars concerning the cause of the suspension were given in the dispatch.
Newspaper Excerpt: C. E. Everest, cashier of the Exchange bank of Courtland, Republic county, telegraphed to State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal that his bank had suspended payment.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

1. August 10, 1893 Abilene Weekly Reflector Abilene, KS

Article from Abilene Weekly Reflector, August 10, 1893

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Article Text

Small Bank Closed. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 9.-C. E. Everest, cashier of the Exchange bank of Courtland, Republic county, telegraphed to State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal that his bank had suspended payment. No particulars concerning the cause of the failure were given. The capital stock of the bank was $5,000. TEe

2. August 11, 1893 The Kinsley Graphic Kinsley, KS

Article from The Kinsley Graphic, August 11, 1893

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Article Text

small Bank Closed. TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 9.-C. E. Everest, cashier of the Exchange bank of Courtland, Republic county, telegraphed to State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal that his bank had suspended payment. No particulars concerning the cause of the failure were given. The capital stock of the bank was $5,000.