Greensburg State Bank - Greensburg, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 1, 1889
Location: Greensburg, Kansas (37.603, -99.293)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: e8ce6836

Response Measures

None

Description

Stockholders ordered the bank into liquidation and turned over its business to the Bank of Greensburg; done without loss to depositors and attributed to insufficient business. No run reported.

Events (1)

1. January 1, 1889 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Stockholders ordered liquidation and transferred business to the Bank of Greensburg because there was not enough business for the number of banks in town.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Greensburg State bank has gone into liquidation, having turned over all its business to the Bank of Greensburg. The closing of the business of the bank was ordered by the stockholders, and was done without any loss to the depositors, the cause assigned being that there was not enough business for the number of banks in the place.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 1, 1889 Wichita Eagle Wichita, KS

Article from Wichita Eagle, January 1, 1889

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Article Text

The White House is Always the Best. INNES & Ross, 116 TO 120 MAIN STREET. KANSAS KOLLARY. proposition was voted down a few weeks ago, and a remonstrance. signed by 125 citizens, was filed against another elecAndrew Struble, of Lyons, while tion at this time asleep fell from his buggy last Tuesday and was killed. The turkeys that escaped thanksgiving and Christmas find themselves menaced There will be an attempt made this by visions of New Year's. These seawinter to change the school age from sons of peace and good will betoken no five to six years. peace for turkey and no saving grace for Manhattan falis into line with a sugar them. Will their accusing ghosts be mill; that is with a strong inclination in witnesses against us in another world?that direction and an effort to secure Nonpareil. one. The Greensburg State bank has gone Lent begins on February 15th this year, into liquidation, having turned over all and coming so late will shorten the its business to the Bank of Greensburg. society season materially. as compaaed The closing of the business of the bank to some other years. was ordered by the stockholders, and A special election upon a proposition was done without any loss to the deto vote $75,000 of bonds to be used in positors, the cause assigned being that there was not enough business for the building a court house took place in Bourbon county yesterday. number of banks in the place. The Oswego Bee is responsible for the Lawrence merchants have been for statement that Kansas has not a single some time annoyed by the pilferings of a native born illiterate. What few there female kleptomaniac. One of hem deare were born and raised in other states. tected her in the act of stealing a dress pattern a day or two ago and sent a poIf a sugar mill could be secured for lice officer to her house after the stolen evary locality in southwest Kansas goods. She acknowledged the "fabric" which wantsone. thousands of them will be built before another harvest rolls and with it produced fifteen other pataround. terns that she had taken clandestinely.