Farmers & Mechanics Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: July 22, 1927
Location: Sedalia, Missouri (38.704, -93.228)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: f79a0f78a9d66783

Response Measures

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Description

Article (1927-07-22) states the Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Sedalia is 'now in... liquidation.' No mention of a run or suspension in the excerpt; the bank appears to be in permanent liquidation/receivership. Bank name does not include 'National' or 'State'; type set to unknown. OCR in the article is garbled (e.g., 'liquiprocess dation'); corrected phrasing in notes.

Events (1)

1. July 22, 1927 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The Farmers Mechanics Bank, now in the of liquiprocess dation, holds second mortgage ... petition asks that the first note released for foreclosure the second mortgage.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 22, 1927 The Sedalia Democrat Sedalia, MO

Article from The Sedalia Democrat, July 22, 1927

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Article Text

INSTITUTE SUIT ON ZOERNIG petition filed in the circuit this morning by the Farmers and Bank, of Sedalia, corporation, in charge of finance Missouri, by Powell, special deputy finance commissioner, against Emil Zoernig, Edith Zoernig, John Baker, trustee, Sedalia Savings and Loan Association, corporation, in which plaintiff contends that and wife paid off the first loan property located 812 street, but the note The Farmers Mechanics Bank, now in the of liquiprocess dation, holds second mortgage and the petition asks that the first note released for forecloseure the second mortgage. George Longan Jones are attorneys for the plain-