9169. Citizens Bank (Knox City, MO)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run โ†’ Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
May 26, 1930
Location
Knox City, Missouri (40.144, -92.009)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
68e022c8e3908979

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspapers (May 26โ€“29, 1930) report a slow run that has depleted reserves, directors closed the Citizens Bank and a bank examiner was sent to take charge. The articles describe a run leading to closure; no reopening is mentioned. The text does not specify a discrete misinformation trigger, so cause is recorded as unknown/other.

Events (3)

1. May 26, 1930 Run
Cause Details
Articles report a slow run and heavy withdrawals that depleted reserves; no specific trigger (rumor, correspondent failure, or scandal) is given.
Measures
Directors closed the bank; bank examiner sent to take charge.
Newspaper Excerpt
slow run that has depleted reserves.
Source
newspapers
2. May 26, 1930 Suspension
Cause Details
Directors closed the bank after a prolonged run depleted reserves; bank examiner/authority took charge. Article frames this as a failure/closure rather than a temporary suspension.
Newspaper Excerpt
Closing of the Citizens' Bank of Knox City ... by its directors today made the 29th bank failure of the year in Missouri. A bank examiner was sent to take charge.
Source
newspapers
3. * Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Last statement of condition made April 16 shows loans $77,458; real estate owned $4,000; cash on hand and due from other banks $5,946; capital $10,000; surplus $2,500; total deposits $55,890; bills payable $15,000; total resources $87,827.59.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 27, 1930

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Article Text

RUN CLOSES BANK AT KNOX CITY, MO. Suspension Is TwentyNinth in State During 1930, Say Officials. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GLOBE DEMOCRAT. JEFFERSON CITY, MO., May 26.Closing of the Citizens' Bank of Knox City, Knox County, by its directors today made the 29th bank failure of the year in Missouri. It was closed according to a telegram to State Finance Commissioner S. L. Cantley, because of "slow run that has depleted reserves." A bank examiner was sent to take charge. The Citizens' Bank was chartered in 1917. Its last statement of condition made April 16, shows loans, $77,458; real estate owned, $4000; cash on hand and due from other banks, $5946; capital, $10,000; surplus, $2500; total deposits, $55,890: bills payable. $15,000; total resources, $87,827.59. J. McKay is president and W. O Parcells cashier


Article from The Milan Republican, May 29, 1930

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Article Text

Run Closes Bank At Knox City, Mo. Jefferson City, Mo., May 26.Closing of the Citizen's Bank of Knox City, Knox county, by its directors today made the 29th bank failure in Missouri to date this year. It was closed according to a telegram to State Finance Commissioner S. L. Cantley, because of a "slow run that has depleted the reserves." A bank examiner was sent to take charge. The Citizens' Bank was chartered in 1917. It last statement of condition, made April 16, shows loans $77,458; real estate owned, $4000; cash on hand and due from other banks, $5946; capital, $10,000; surplus, $2500; total deposits, $55,890; bills payable, $15,000; total resources, $87,827.59. J. V. McKay is president and W. O. Parcells, cashier.


Article from The Edina Sentinel, May 29, 1930

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Article Text

TO HAVE TWO SPECIAL For State Fair School and Edison Award in Edina June Examinations will held in the Edina public school building Friday, June for the 1930 Thomas scholarship award and for boys desire to enter the Boys' State Fair School Sedalia from Aug. Aug. 23, according to Mrs. Anna L. Swartz, county superintendent schools. Boys under 16 years of age attending elementary schools are eligible take examinations for entrance in the fair school at Sedalia, which will held during the Sedalia State Fair. Those passing the examinations here for entrance will be addressed during the school by men who are specialists in their particular lines. Certain rules apply to the school: First, boys must attend all excused by the second, no boy will be mitted leave the fair grounds withspecial permission from the perintendent; each boy will expected to retire by 10 o'clock each evening. boy must provide with small notebook and pencil and keep notes of the lectures when requested to do fifth, failure refusal with comply these rules will be cause for expulsion from the camp; sixth, expenses the are paid by State Fair School. The Edison competitive examinations first held last year by Edison, with eliminations in counties and states, and then final nationcompetition. similar cedure to be followed this year. Rules governing the examinations clude the following: Only boys who have been graduated from high school year, or in the immediate past, should attempt the examination, because the winner must be prepared to enter lege in September. Only boys who have done outstanding work in the physical sciences should attempt the examination. The boys' round trip expenses the Edison laboratories will be paid by Mr. Edison and each boy representing his will meet and receive combination radiophonograph. Almost every college in Missouri has offered free scholarship to the state winner, provided he does not win the national contest. Run Closes Bank at Knox City. Closing of the Citizens Bank Knox City by its directors Monday made the bank twenty-ninth failure of the in Missouri. year It was closed, according to telegram State Finance Commissioner Cantley, because of "slow that run has pleted the reserves." A bank aminer was sent to take The charge. Citizens Bank was chartered in 1917. Its last statement of condition, made April 16, shows loans, $77,458; real estate owned, $4000; cash on hand and due from other banks, $5946; capital, $10,000; surplus, $2500; total deposits, $55,890; bills payable, $15,000; total resources, The directors are of the the opinion bank will out, it said pay was upon inquiry this morning. Card Thanks. We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and time of the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Mary R. and Mrs. H. Tapscott.