Richmond Savings Bank - Richmond, ME

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: September 17, 1895
Location: Richmond, Maine (44.087, -69.799)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 7c41bcad

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Description

Article (dated 1895-09-18, dateline Sept. 17) reports M. P. Milliken, receiver of Richmond Savings Bank, began paying depositors a second dividend of 25%. No run is described; the bank is in receivership and paying dividends, indicating prior suspension and permanent closure under a receiver.

Events (1)

1. September 17, 1895 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: M. P. Milliken, receiver of the Richmond Savings Bank, began paying depositors a second dividend of 25 per cent., Monday.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. September 18, 1895 Daily Kennebec Journal Augusta, ME

Article from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 18, 1895

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Article Text

RICHMOND NEWS. Items of General Interest From Down the the River. Richmond, Sept. 17.-(Special).-George B. Jenkins, Charles Donnell, Frank Lan. caster and George Page have been drawn to serve as jurors at the United States circuit court at Portland, this month. M. P.Milliken, receiver of the Richmond Savings Bank, began paying depositors a second dividend of 25 per cent., Monday. Mr. F. E. Corey of Boston, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Corey's mother, Mrs. Mary Marble, on Main street. The Richmond fair will be held, Tuesday, Sept. 24. Plate glass for the show windows of the Stuart block arrived by boat, Tuesday morning. Frank Crosby of Lynn, formerly of Richmond, is visiting relatives in town. The ladies of the Universalist Society will give a 5 o'clock tea in Merrymeeting hall, Thursday. Mrs. J. L. Pushard, who has been seriously ill of bilious typhoid, is convalescing.