Commercial Bank - Belding, MI

Episode Information

Episode UID: 74029571470
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 7402957 routing
Routing Number: 74-0295
Start Date: June 8, 1922
Location: Belding, Michigan (43.098, -85.229)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 5eb9a04a20a29e28

Response Measures

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Description

Closure ordered by county chancery court on petition of a stockholder; receivers named.

Events (2)

1. June 8, 1922 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Brinton F. Hall of Belding and Glenn Hills, cashier of the New Baltimore bank...have been named receivers.
Source: newspapers

2. June 8, 1922 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed by order of Ionia County Chancery Court on petition of stockholder Mrs. Lillian Hills
Newspaper Excerpt: the Commercial bank of Belding, a private institution owned by Sandell, has been closed by order of Ionia county chancery court.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. June 8, 1922 The Yale Expositor Yale, MI

Article from The Yale Expositor, June 8, 1922

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Article Text

CLOSE PRIVATE BANK AT BELDING Ionia County Chancery Court Names Receivers for Institution. Belding, Mich.-On petition of Mrs. Lillian Hills, stockholder in William F. Sandell's bank in New Baltimore, the Commercial bank of Belding, a private institution owned by Sandell, has been closed by order of Ionia county chancery court. Brinton F. Hall of Belding and Glenn Hills, cashier of the New Baltimore bank, and a son of Mrs. Hills, have been named receivers. William Chamberlain, cashier of the Belding bank, says depositors will not lose, as there are sufficient assets to cover all claims. The bank was in operation 25 years.