La Fontaine Bank - La Fontaine, IN

Episode Information

Episode UID: 71079971604
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 7107997 routing
Routing Number: 71-0799
Start Date: August 24, 1933
Location: La Fontaine, Indiana (40.674, -85.721)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 9ad2dca7d6e82980

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR is heavily degraded; text implies the bank failed to reopen but details are unclear.

Events (1)

1. August 24, 1933 Suspension

Cause Details: Article text implies the bank failed to reopen and had funds tied up; exact trigger not clear from OCR.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Lafontaine bank had the greater portion its funds...that bank failed reopen
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 24, 1933 Chronicle Tribune Marion, IN

Article from Chronicle Tribune, August 24, 1933

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Article Text

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