Citizens Bank - Homer, IL

Episode Information

Episode UID: 70083871494
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 7008387 routing
Routing Number: 70-0838
Start Date: June 16, 1924
Location: Homer, Illinois (40.035, -87.958)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 05fd083e543c6f0b

Response Measures

None

Description

Article only references the bank as defunct and a related criminal trial; no explicit suspension/receivership date is given.

Events (2)

1. June 16, 1924 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: trial ... of Perle Wiggins of Danville, charged with receiving deposits in the defunct Citizens bank of Homer knowing the bank was insolvent. The deposit ... was made by C. B. Burkhardt of Homer.
Source: newspapers

2. * Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Bank was insolvent, leading to its failure/closure; referenced as 'defunct' in article.
Newspaper Excerpt: defunct Citizens bank of Homer knowing the bank was insolvent
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. June 17, 1924 The Daily Illini Urbana, IL

Article from The Daily Illini, June 17, 1924

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Article Text

Plough Turns Up Wedding Ring Lost 44 Years Ago in Cyclone JACKSONVILLE, Ill., June 16—A wedding ring which 44 years ago was snatched from the finger of its owner by some mysterious force of nature during a cyclone, was found recently in a field on the farm of C. E. Davis, eight miles southeast of this city, it was learned today. The ring belonged to Mrs. Jerry Cox, who was killed during a cyclone which visited that vicinity on May 9, 1880. Mrs. Cox was killed near the site of the present home of the Davis family. When her body was found, two rings which she always wore were found to be missing. One of these was the wedding ring found by Mr. Davis, while cultivating corn in a field a half mile from the scene of the tragedy of 1880. The ring was bright and bore no sign of damage from its long contact with the earth. It bore on the inside of the circle the name of Mrs. Cox and the date of her marriage, December 9, 1875. The ring is now in the possession of Mrs. Julia A. Buchanan of this city. The field in which the ring was found has been in constant cultivation from year to year since the big storm. The cyclone which killed Mrs. Cox also killed a hired girl in the Cox home and seriously injured Mr. Cox, who did not recover consciousness for several days. WIGGINS TRIAL TO OPEN TODAY Jury Selected To Try Danville Woman in Homer Bank Case After an entire day spent in selecting a jury, prosecuting and defending lawyers will open the actual hearings in the trial of the circuit court this morning of Perle Wiggins of Danville, charged with receiving deposits in the defunct Citizens bank of Homer knowing the bank was insolvent. The deposit, which was for $215.02, was made by C. B. Burkhardt of Homer. The jury slept last night in the courthouse and will be confined there during the trial, which is expected to last 10 days or two weeks. Trouble in selecting the panel started when the defense filed objection to the jury array. The objection was not sustained by the court, however. Assisting State's Attorney Roy Cline in the prosecution are O. B. Dobbins and John Snively. The defending lawyers are L. B. Saffer, Frank Carson and Lott Herrick.