Bank of Farmington (Farmington, IL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
9913801491152
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
991380149 hash
Start Date
December 24, 1895
Location
Farmington, Illinois (40.699, -90.004)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
e77061e726ed9a51

Response Measures

None

Events (1)
1. December 24, 1895 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Farmington, a private institution ... failed yesterday afternoon. Jackson Mason was the owner. Assets and liabilities about $20,000 each. Poor collections are assigned as the cause of the failure.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. December 25, 1895 The Times Richmond, VA
Article from The Times, December 25, 1895

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Article Text

An Illinois Bank Fails. CANTON, ILL., Dec. 24.-The Bank of Farmington, a private institution, located at Farmington, ten miles north of here, failed yesterday afternoon. Jackson Mason was the owner. Assets and liabilities about $20,000 each. Poor collections are assigned as the cause of the failure.

2. December 25, 1895 The Morning News Savannah, GA
Article from The Morning News, December 25, 1895

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Article Text

A Country Bank Fails. Canton, Ill., Dec. 24.-The Bank of Farmington, a private Institution located at Farmington, ten miles north of here, failed yesterday afternoon. Jackson Mason was the owner. The assets and liabilities are about $20,000 each. Poor collections are assigned as the cause of the failure.

3. December 25, 1895 Richmond Dispatch Richmond, VA
Article from Richmond Dispatch, December 25, 1895

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Article Text

Private Bank Fails. CANTON, ILL, December 24.-The Bank of Farmington, a private institution, located at Farmington, ten miles north of here, failed yesterday afternoon. Jackson Mason was the owner. Assets and liabilities about $20,000. Poor collections are assigned as the cause of the failure.