Citizens State Bank - Harper, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: September 18, 1922
Location: Harper, Kansas (37.287, -98.026)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 85a71fb1

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Description

Articles (Sept 18–21, 1922) report the Citizens State Bank of Harper was closed by the state bank commissioner and B. V. Curry appointed receiver. No run or depositor agitation is mentioned; closure was by state action and receiver appointed.

Events (1)

1. September 18, 1922 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed by the state bank commissioner; state appointed B. V. Curry as receiver.
Newspaper Excerpt: B. V. CURRY IS RECEIVER Will Wind Up Affairs of Citizens State Bank of Harper. Frank H. Foster, state bank commissioner, today announced that he had appointed B. V. Curry as receiver for the Citizens State bank of Harper which closed its doors recently.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

1. September 18, 1922 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS

Article from The Topeka State Journal, September 18, 1922

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B. V. CURRY IS RECEIVER Will Wind Up Affairs of Citizens State Bank of Harper. Frank H. Foster, state bank commissioner, today announced that he had appointed B. V. Curry as receiver for the Citizens State bank of Harper which closed its doors recently. P. T. Wyman, who has been in charge of bank trouble at Geuda Springs, will assist Curry in winding up affairs of the Harper institution. Curry is now in charge of a number of state banks which have closed their doors during the last few months. The banks are located in various sections of the state. In the last year he has been placed in charge of banks which failed in Arkansas City, Washington, Oswego, Wichita, Hope, Quenemo and other towns. It is reported that at the present time he is receiver for ten state banks.

2. September 20, 1922 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS

Article from The Topeka State Journal, September 20, 1922

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STATE CONTROLS TEN BANKS B. V. Curry Is Official Receiver for All Institutions. Ten state banks are now closed and under control of the state bank commissioner. B. V. Curry, an assistant bank commissioner, is the official receiver of all ten of these institutions. In addition to the ten, there are nine banks in the state now operating under individual receivers. The ten banks under state control and of which Mr. Curry is receiver: Farmers' State bank, Washington. State Savings bank, Leavenworth. Farmers' State bank, Quenemo. C. M. Condon & Co., State bank, Oswego. Traders' State bank, Arkansas City. Citizens State bank, Geuda Springs. Exchange State bank, Wichita, State bank of Hope. Citizens' State bank, Harper. Farmers State Bank, Belmont. Mr. Curry has just been appointed receiver of the Citizens State Bank of Harper, the last bank to be closed by State Bank Commissioner Foster. Following -are the institutions now operating under private receivers: Citizens State Bank, Manhattan. People's State Bank. Salina. Broeker-Lefferdink Bank, Salina. Farmers and Merchants Bank, Pawnee Rock. Farmers State Bank, McCune. Viola State Bank, Viola. Aulne State Bank, Aulne. Hanover State Bank, Hanover. Farmers State Bank, Spring Hill.

3. September 21, 1922 The Morning Tulsa Daily World Tulsa, OK

Article from The Morning Tulsa Daily World, September 21, 1922

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# Ten Kansas Banks Now Closed. TOPEKA, Sept. 20. - Ten state banks are now closed and under control of the state banking department, and in addition to these, nine other banks in the state are now operating under individual receivers. B. V. Curry, an assistant bank commissioner, is the officall receivers for the 10 banks. His latest appointment as receiver of, as well as the last bank closed by the state, is the Citizens State bank of Harper.