Central State Bank - Ponca City, OK

Episode Information

Episode UID: 86112371488
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 8611237 routing
Routing Number: 86-1123
Start Date: December 1, 1923*
Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma (36.707, -97.086)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: cf4ddd646eefdec2

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Description

Closure date inferred from last December in a 1924 article; cause not specified in text.

Events (1)

1. December 1, 1923* Suspension

Cause Details: Bank closed (december prior to article); receivership/liquidation implied by partial payment to depositors.
Newspaper Excerpt: Depositors in the Central State bank at Ponca City, which closed its doors last December, have just received a 25 per cent payment on the amount they had on deposit.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 16, 1924 Shawnee News-Star Shawnee, OK

Article from Shawnee News-Star, October 16, 1924

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Article Text

Even the life of a senator becomes irksome at times. New York is enjoying a real old fashioned campaign this year. Every day and in every way business is getting better here in Oklahoma. One minor football squad is making a name for itself this year. Get your name on the registration books now and be ready to cast your vote on Nov. 4. Muscle Shoals continues to be a troublesome proposition in the hands of congress. The Prince of Wales is now making another comet like flash across the country. Garfield county has just let the contract for 116 culverts on the roads to be hard surfaced in that county. The crude oil market gives signs of easing up, the largest buyer having consented to take restrictions off pipeline runs. Lee Cruce cannot withstand the lure of Oklahoma. He is coming back to make speeches for the democratic ticket during the last two weeks of the campaign. The fact that it is now estimated that it costs 10c a mile to operate a motor car doesn't seem to have any effect on the popularity of gas buggies. Now that Secretary of State Hughes has taken the stump for Mr. Coolidge the campaign may be said to be warming up some, despite the advertised coldness of the premier. Depositors in the Central State bank at Ponca City, which closed its doors last December, have just received a 25 per cent payment on the amount they had on deposit. The way John W Davis is hammering away at Illinois it appears that he is of the opinion that it might be possible to overcome the quarter of a million majority of the republicans in that state. Here is justice administered promptly and efficiently: The two men caught robbing the bank at Shidler Monday pleaded guilty when arraigned in the district court on Tuesday and each was given a 50 years sentence in the penitentiary. South Dakota is staging an election with eight candidates for the United States senatorship. Of the lot it seems that the record made by Gov. William M. McMaster in forcing down the price of gasoline may make him the leading contender. Not to be outdone by the imperial state of Texas, Wyoming may also have a woman governor, the widow of the former executive having been given the nomination by the democrats. But in Wyoming a nomination does not necessarily mean an election. When you feel inclined to get discouraged and are about ready to give up the pursuit of what to you may deem a supreme ac-