8109. Union Bank (Jackson, MI)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run Only
Bank Type
state
Start Date
July 2, 1896
Location
Jackson, Michigan (42.246, -84.401)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
4f6d3d2429db7edd

Response Measures

None

Description

Two contemporaneous Michigan newspaper briefs (July 2–3, 1896) report a run on the Union Bank at Jackson but state the bank stood up under it, implying no suspension or failure. No cause for the run is given in the articles.

Events (1)
1. July 2, 1896 Run
Cause Details
Article gives no reason or trigger for the withdrawals; simply reports a run occurred.
Newspaper Excerpt
A run was made on the Union bank at Jackson, but the bank stood up under it.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. July 2, 1896 Belding Banner Belding, MI
Article from Belding Banner, July 2, 1896

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Article Text

NEWS FOR MICHIGANDERS. There is talk of establishing a university press at the U. of M. John Gribble was killed by falling rock in the Negaunee mine at Negaunee. Albert Armstrong, aged 16, was drowned at Port Huron while swimming. The first car over the Oakland railway has reached Birmingham from Detroit. A run was made on the Union bank at Jackson, but the bank stood up under it. The will of the late Byron G. Stout gives the Ladies' Library association, of Pontiac, $7,000 for a new building. Gov. Rich has acknowledged the receipt of $131 from the citizens of Grand Haven and $70 from Jackson prison officials, for the cyclone sufferers.

2. July 3, 1896 The Yale Expositor Yale, MI
Article from The Yale Expositor, July 3, 1896

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Article Text

NEWS FOR MICHIGANDERS. There is talk of establishing a university press at the U. of M. John Gribble was killed by falling rock in the Negaunee mine at Negaunee. Albert Armstrong, aged 16, was drowned at Port Huron while swimming. The first car over the Oakland railway has reached Birmingham from Detroit. A run was made on the Union bank at Jackson, but the bank stood up under it. The will of the late Byron G. Stout gives the Ladies' Library association, of Pontiac, $7,000 for a new building. Gov. Rich has acknowledged the receipt of $131 from the citizens of Grand Haven and $70 from Jackson prison officials, for the cyclone sufferers.