6778. Latimer State Bank (Latimer, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
January 25, 1934
Location
Latimer, Kansas (38.739, -96.846)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
5c8adcf5

Response Measures

None

Description

No article describes a depositor run. By Oct 1934 the bank is in receivership (Charles W. Johnson, Receiver), indicating suspension and closure. A Jan 1934 item references the Latimer Bank 'will pay in full eventually,' suggesting liquidation or payout, but the clear evidence is receivership in 1934. Classified as suspension leading to closure (receivership).

Events (3)

1. January 25, 1934 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
the Delavan Bank paid out full and understood that the Latimer Bank will pay in full eventually.
Source
newspapers
2. October 1, 1934* Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank placed in receivership (receiver named Charles W. Johnson) as indicated by sheriff's sale notices in October 1934.
Newspaper Excerpt
Charles W. Johnson, Receiver Latimer State Bank, Latimer, Kansas
Source
newspapers
3. October 3, 1934 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ... Charles W. Johnson, Receiver Latimer State Bank, Latimer, Kansas Plaintiff ... (pub Oct. 3 / Oct. 10, 1934 newspapers).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Herington Times, January 25, 1934

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Burdick Bank Dividend Receivers for the Farmers State Bank Burdick have announced that another dividend will be paid this coming Saturday. It will be for ten per cent. This the second dividend from that institution the other having been per cent. In with this it that the Lincolnville State Bank will pay out soon, making full payment. The Delavan Bank paid out full and understood that the Latimer Bank will pay in full eventually.


Article from Council Grove Republican, October 3, 1934

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON EXECUTION In the County Court of Morris County, Kansas Charles W. Johnson, Receiver Latimer State Bank, Latimer, Kansas Plaintiff H. M. Sharp and W. A. Sharp, Defendants Notice is hereby given that under by writ issued out of the office of the CounCourt of Morris County, Kansas, certain action in said court numbered 356, wherein the parties plaintiff and defendants, and to me, the undersigned, Sheriff said county directed, will offer for sale public and sell to the highest bidder, cash in hand, at the east front door of the court house in the city said counon Monday, the 22nd day of October, o'clock said day the following real estate and in Morris counThe Quarter of Section Three Township (16), Range Six (6) East Said property levied upon and taken the W. Sharp and be by me satisfy said judgment, and costs rendered against said defendants RALPH KNOTT, Sheriff of Morris (1st pub Sept. 19; last pub Oct. 17)


Article from Council Grove Republican, October 10, 1934

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COUNCIL GROVE REPUBLICAN Daily Except Sunday JACK LAWRENCE EDITOR Entered as class matter Council Grove, Kansas, Main postoffice, 208 West OFFICIAL CITY COUNTY PAPER Only Daily Paper in Morris County The Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication all news dispatches credited to it, or not this paalso local news published herein. Carrier, per week By Mail in Morris year Mail, in county, months $1.50 Mail, outside county, year $4.00 RECOVERY'S RECORD It would be pleasant to believe that the new deal had caused all the improvement in trade and industrial conditions that is listed in the latest report of Donald B. Richberg to the president and that the new deal will continue to be effective in extending the from the depression. But Mr. Richberg ignores the fact that world recovery was already under way when the new deal started, and the gains that have been made in other countries have been greater than in the United States. The latest monthly statistical bulletin of the League of Nations contains of the current indexes of industrial production in seven countries and that the United States is the lowest on the list. The figures for these countries, based on 100 as representing the 1928 record, are here shown: Japan 139.8 Great Britain 103.3 Italy 85.6 Canada 80.8 France 78.0 United States 77.5 -Kansas City Star Fresh candled cracked eggs, 15c doz. the Fairmont Creamery Plant. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE In the County Court Morris County, Charles W. Johnson, Receiver Latimer State Bank, Latimer. Kansas Plaintiff H. M. Sharp and W. A. Sharp, Defendants Notice is hereby given that under and by writ of execution out the office County Court of Morris County, Kansas, action in said court numbered 356, wherein the above parties named were respectively plaintiff to the undersigned, Sheriff said county directed, will offer for sale public auction and sell to the highest bidder, cash in hand, at the east front door of the court house in the Council Grovve in said counthe 22nd October, o'clock of said day the real estate lying and situate in Morris counKansas, to-wit: The Quarter of Section Three Sixteen (16), Range Six (6) East. Said property is levied upon and taken as the property of defendant Sharp be sold by me satisfy said judgment, interest and costs rendered against said defendants RALPH KNOTT, Sheriff of Morris (1st pub Sept. 19; last pub Oct. 17) PUBLICATION NOTICE In District Court Morris County, Ida Bouse Plaintiff Dora Eberhard, Gertrude Sundquist, Cora Neal, Frances DeArmond, Roy Ebers, Edward Fischbeck, Henry Lillian Peters, Orlena Ross, Irene Eidmann, Frederick Zierau, Frederick Buest, Dora Muller. Lina Helmer, Friederich Reinecke, Buest, Berta Robert Buest Buest, Kotke, Ahlemann, Helene Hortel, Louise Wilhelmine Sennecke, Karl Sennecke and Martin Sennecke, Fischbeck, and the unknown heirs, signs who may be dead, and Defendants You and each of you are hereby notified that you sued by the plaintiff whose peton file in the office the Clerk the Court. that you answer said petition on or before the 16th day November 1934, or said petition will be taken as true and decree of judgment this court rendered and determining and decreeing are the owners following described real estate, to- The Northeast Quarter of Section Sixteen (16), Range Five (5) East, Morris County, Kansas, and also decreeing partition of the same according shares of each, such can be made without manifest injury, and such cannot be made jury that the said above described estate will ordered and the proceeds sale shall apportioned the this action according to their respective BRUTON Clerk District Court HARRY E. SNYDER, Attorney for (1st pub Oct. 3: last pub Oct. 17)