National Bank - Battle Creek, MI

Episode Information

Episode UID: 331401602
Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 33140 national
Charter Number: 3314
Start Date: June 20, 1933
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan (42.321, -85.180)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 599a9827c00bdc1d

Response Measures

None

Description

Article implies a recent closure and a reorganization with new stock and plans but gives few concrete operational details.

Events (4)

1. February 26, 1885 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. February 13, 1905 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

3. June 20, 1933 Suspension

Cause Details: Implicit recent closure or suspension of the bank roughly six weeks before Aug 2, 1933; exact cause not stated.
Newspaper Excerpt: The past is behind us. ... the recent past six weeks.
Source: newspapers

4. August 2, 1933 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: The bank plan is here. The National Bank of Battle Creek is provided for. ... to get the new bank opened as promptly as possible, to get all the hindrances and depressions of the recent past behind us as quickly as possible.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 2, 1933 Battle Creek Enquirer Battle Creek, MI

Article Text

LET'S BE ON OUR WAY The bank plan is here. The National Bank of Battle Creek is provided for. The loosening up of the community's cash and credit—to a considerable extent frozen in the recent past—is made promptly available. This means, as the Enquirer and News stated yesterday, that the cloud which, for Battle Creek, had somewhat obscured Battle Creek's share of the advancing sunshine, is passing. Let's move promptly forward, now, and take full advantage of our place in the sun. The past is behind us. It has contained disappointments; it has brought some regrets; it has dealt unkindly with some of our friends. Battle Creek is here, and Battle Creek's future contains a large share of the new opportunities which are believed to be under way for the country and for business generally. There's been a fine control over feelings while we've gone through the unquestioned hardships of these last six weeks. There's been a fine display of courage. Now, with the solution offered, the remedy provided, Battle Creek unquestionably will be promptly on her way to new and better things. To get the subscriptions to the new bank stock as quickly as possible, to get the new bank opened as promptly as possible, to get all the hindrances and depressions of the recent past behind us as quickly as possible—and to get courageously out in pursuit of business-as-usual, as energetically and confidently as possible—this is the program for now.