Bank of Commerce (Burley, ID)

Episode Information

Episode UID
92009771453
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
9200977 routing
Routing Number
92-0097
Start Date
January 15, 1921
Location
Burley, Idaho (42.536, -113.793)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
0c96ca0d479b52cf

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report closure Jan 1921 and later mention consolidation into Commercial State Bank.

Events (1)
1. January 15, 1921 Suspension
Cause
Local Shock
Cause Details
Failure of livestock men to pay notes when due caused asset problems and led the bank to close.
Newspaper Excerpt
People of Oakley were sorry to hear Monday that two Burley banks, the Burley State Bank and the Bank of Commerce, had closed their doors.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. January 21, 1921 The Oakley Herald Oakley, ID
Article from The Oakley Herald, January 21, 1921

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Article Text

People of Oakley were sorry to hear Monday that two Burley banks, the Burley State Bank and the Bank of Commerce, had closed their doors. Failure of live stock men to pay notes when due is said to be the main cause of the trouble. There is no sign of panic, and confidence is expressed that depositors will suffer no loss.

2. December 15, 1921 The Filer Record Filer, ID
Article from The Filer Record, December 15, 1921

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Article Text

BURLEY, Dec. 9 The Commercial State bank of this city failed to open its doors this morning. The cause is aot given but it is believed to be due to the insafficiency of some assets in which cash could not be linine liately realized. There is a popular report that it will probably reaper soon. The Commercial State bank was formed by the consolidation 1) the Burley State bank and the Bani of Commerce which closed "their doors January 15. Later the Firs National bank suspended The Bur ley National bank is now the ont) ban kin the city. Its position is sala a be imprognable 28 it owes nobod; nything.