First National Bank - Osage City, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 3813
Charter Number: 3813
Start Date: February 1, 1898
Location: Osage City, Kansas (38.634, -95.826)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 83436b18

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Description

Contemporary Kansas newspapers report the First National Bank of Osage City will go into voluntary liquidation; the Comptroller's bulletin confirms a stockholders' resolution taking effect 1898-02-01. No run is described. This is a voluntary liquidation leading to permanent closure.

Events (3)

1. November 12, 1887 Chartered

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2. February 1, 1898 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Stockholders adopted a resolution for voluntary liquidation, taking effect February 1, 1898 (per Comptroller bulletin).
Newspaper Excerpt: The First national bank of Osage City will go into voluntary liquidation.
Source: newspapers

3. February 1, 1898 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (3)

1. January 14, 1898 The Iola Register Iola, KS

Article from The Iola Register, January 14, 1898

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KANSAS STATE NEWS. Coffeyville now has three daily papers. Lincoln Center will be lighted by electricity. Colony will spend $1,300 in boring for gas and oil. Another whisky war was about to break out in Wichita. The annual musical jubilee at Hutchinson will be held June 3 The First national bank of Osage City will gointo voluntary liquidation. be D. N. Willits, of Fredonia, will office United States Marshal Sterne's deputy. Attorneys of southern Kansas will disorganize and fight for a federal trict bill. The electric street railway system home at Fort Scott has been bought by capitalists. The free silver prohibition party will meet in conference at Topeka February 1. The populist state committee within will open headquarters at Topeka the next month. Ex-Sheriff Judkins, of Newton, Mexi- has been made chief detective of the can Central railroad. Miss Grace Clark is in jail charged with aiding in robbing Dr. Campbell, of Cherryvale, of $720. Farmers in the vicinity of Pittsburg antiwere compelled to organize an chicken thief association. Attorney General Boyle will now after the alleged Kansas plumbers' trust, under the Farrelly law. The broom factory of John with Magie, north of Pittsburg, together stock of brooms, was destroyed by fire. Rev. William A. Briggs. who was 30 Baptist missionary in Kansas for years prior to 1880, died at Providence, R.I. A Washington telegram said Attor- in General McKenna had declared ney favor of dividing Kansas into twojudicial districts. A new Kansas law provides for the destruction of all released and out- the lawed chattle mortgages filed with register of deeds. Rev. Alex R. McLean, of Pittsburg, succeeds Rev. Bernard Kelly as district presiding elder of the Independence of the Methodist church. The probate judge of Sheridan counwhose salary the new law reduced disless ty, than $25 a year, resigned in gust and moved to his farm. The new fees and salaries law bears particularly hard upon Kansas justices charge of the peace. They cannoteven 25 cents for issuing a summons. The free silver republican state committee has issued an address calling for the names and address of every free silver republican in the state. Dr. T. C. Biddle was forced to resign the superintendency of the Osawato mie asylum, and Gov. Leedy named Dr. Ingles, of Larned, to the place. An Atchison county farmer signed contract for $7 worth of lightning rod work and later found his signature the business end of a note for $250. Attorney General Boyle has instructed county attorneys to prosecute ng of the New York Life Insurance company if any are found soliciting insurance. As a result of a protracted quarrel over police patronage, Gov. Leedy removed Joe Furnish as police commissioner at Wichita and appointed H. G. Toler. The total earnings of the Kansas penitentiary for December were S18, $11,956 worth to institutions. The total expenses 782, state including of coal were $12,559. The president has named Cyrus Anderson to be receiver and K. E. Wilcockson to be register of the land office at Colby, and T. A. Seates register of the Dodge City land office. The Brown County Farmers' Mutual rounds out another without having an year insurance company made assess= with ment, this being the tenth year out any payments required except the first one. The Fort Scott High School Athletic has started a a contest to be association field day movement f participated in by all the high schools of southeastern Kansas on May 7. The prizes will be gold and silver medals. A Topeka dispatch, unconfirmed, said that if Cyrus Leland failed in deSterne's he (Leland) would resign as penfeating shal nomination for mar sion agent in favor of L. S. Crum. Sterne was confirmed on the 11th. The E. C. a rich farmer convicted of Dent, Oswego Independentinsiststhat be the quarantine law, sent to It says poor men are jail for their offenses against state, violating jail. be the in and the rich man should punished likewise. One prisoner, a boy of 16, stole a gun to buy bread. At Leavenworth the preliminary trial of Samuel Sully. charged with killing Jesse Cambridge, was interrupted by a mob of negroes who wanted him to jail, where extra guards getting to lynch Sully. Officers succeeded in protected him. The preliminary trial was indefinitely postponed. At the state meeting of the free sil ver republicans at Topeka, resolutions were adopted condemning Secretary Gage's financial plans and praising Gov. Leedy. Dr. F. B. Lawrence was

2. January 21, 1898 The Goodland Republic Goodland, KS

Article from The Goodland Republic, January 21, 1898

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KANSAS STATE NEWS. Coffeyville now has three daily papers Lineoln Center will be lighted by electricity. Colony will spend $1,300 in boring for gas and oil. Another whisky war was about to break out in Wichita. The annual musical jubilèe at Hutchinson will be held June 8 3. The First national bank of Osage City will into voluntary liquidation. D. N. Willits, of Fredonia, will be United States Marshal Sterne's office deputy. Attorneys of southern Kansas will organize and fight for a federal district bill. The electric street railway system at Fort Scott has been bought by home capitalists. The free silver prohibition party will meet in conference at Topeka February 1. The populist state committee will open headquarters at Topeka within the next month. Ex-Sheriff Judkins, of Newton, has been made chief detective of the Mexican Central railroad. Miss Grace Clark is in jail charged with aiding in robbing Dr. Campbell, of Cherryvale, of $720. Farmers in the vicinity of Pittsburg were compelled to organize an antichicken thief association. Attorney General Boyle will now after the alleged Kansas plumbers' trust, under the Farrelly law. The broom factory of John Magie, north of Pittsburg, together with a stock of brooms, was destroyed by fire. Rev. William A. Briggs, who was a Baptist missionary in Kansas for 30 years prior to 1880, died at Providence, R.I. A Washington telegram said Attorney General McKenna had declared in favor of dividing Kansas in to two judicial districts. A new Kansas law provides for the destruction of all released and outlawed chattle mortgages filed with the register of deeds. Rev. Alex R. McLean, of Pittsburg, succeeds Rev. Bernard Kelly as presiding elder of the Independence district of the Methodist church. The probate judge of Sheridan county, whose salary the new law reduced to less than $25 a year, resigned in disgust and moved to his farm. The new fees and salaries law bears particularly hard upon Kansas justices of the peace. They cannoteven charge 25 cents for issuing a summons. The free silver republican state committee has issued an address calling for the names and address of every free silver republican in the state. Dr. T. C. Biddle was forced to resign the superintendency of the Osawato mie asylum, and Gov. Leedy named Dr. Ingles, of Larned, to the place. An Atchison county farmer signed contract for $7 worth of lightning rod work and later found his signature on the business end of a note for $250. Attorney General Boyle has instruct ed countyattorneys to prosecute agents of the New York Life Insurance company if any are found soliciting insurance. As a result of a protracted quarrel over police patronage, Gov. Leedy removed Joe Furnish as police commissioner at Wichita and appointed H. G. Toler. The total earnings of the Kansas penitentiary for December were $18.782, including $11,956 worth of coal to state institutions. The total expenses were $12,559. The president has named Cyrus Anderson to be receiver and K. E. Wilcockson to be register of the land office at Colby, and T. A. Scates register of the Dodge City land office. The Brown County Farmers' Mutual insurance company rounds out another year without having made an assess= ment, this being the tenth year withoutany payments required except the first one. The Fort Scott High School Athletic association has started a movement for a field day contest to be participated in by all the high schools of southeast ern Kansas on May 7. The prizes will be gold and silver medals. A Topeka dispatch, unconfirmed, said that if Cyrus Leland failed in defeating Sterne's nomination for marshal he (Leland) would resign as pension agent in favor of L. S. Crum. Sterne was confirmed on the 11th. The Oswego Independent insists that E.C. Dent, a rich farmer convicted of violating the quarantine law, be sent to jail. It says poor men are in jail for their offenses against the state, and the rich man should be punished likewise. One prisoner, a boy of 16, stole a gun to buy bread. At Leavenworth the preliminary trial of Samuel Sully. charged with killing Jesse Cambridge, was interrupted by amob of negroes who wanted to lynch Sully. Officers succeeded in getting him to jail, where extra guards protected him. The preliminary trial was indefinitely postponed. At the state meeting of the free siiver republicans at Topeka, resolutions were adopted condemning Secretary Gage's financial plans and praising Gov. Leedy. Dr. F. B. Lawrence was elected president; F. J. Close, seerea tary; Webb McNall, treasurer, and vice president for each congressional district The Deck Ryder family, who left Chase county last September for Jerusalem, believing they were called there by the Lord, have returned, much discouraged, but glad to get back.

3. February 15, 1898 The Herald Los Angeles, CA

Article from The Herald, February 15, 1898

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National Bank Changes The latest bulletin of the comptroller of the currency, dated February 7, 1898, gives the following among other changes: Application to organize national bank approved-The Berrien County National bank of Benton Harbor, Michigan, capital $50,000, by H. D. Pool, Frank Welton, S. M. White et als. Voluntary liquidations-The State National bank of Logansport, Ind., by resolution of its stockholders, dated January 11, 1898. The First National bank of Pomeroy, Wash., by resolution of its stockholders, dated January 11, 1898. The First National bank of Clark, S. D., by resolution of its stockholders, dated November 1, 1897. The First National bank of Osage City, Kas., by resolution of its stockholders, to take effect February 1, 1898. Insolvent-The National Bank of Paola, Kas., was on February 1, 1898, placed in the hands of Thomas T. Kelly, receiver. The City National Bank of Quanah, Tex., Charles S. Jobes, appointed receiver in place of H. H. Kerr (resigned), to take effect February 1, 1898.