Emerald State Bank - Emerald, NE

Episode Information

Episode UID: 76102271549
Episode Type: Run → Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 7610227 routing
Routing Number: 76-1022
Start Date: January 11, 1929
Location: Emerald, Nebraska (40.814, -96.835)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 65b6c079b572aae1

Response Measures

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Events (3)

1. January 11, 1929 Run

Cause: Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details: Unfounded uneasiness/rumors prompted depositors to quietly withdraw funds about two weeks earlier.
Measures: Local residents pledged support to the bank to restore confidence.
Newspaper Excerpt: Unfounded easiness prompted the run
Source: newspapers

2. January 11, 1929 Suspension

Cause: Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details: Bank closed following the withdrawals driven by unfounded uneasiness and rumors.
Newspaper Excerpt: quietly withdrawing funds two weeks ago from the Emerald State bank, resulting in the closing
Source: newspapers

3. January 24, 1929 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: they have now pledged their support the bank which was opened yesterday.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 25, 1929 Beatrice Daily Sun Beatrice, NE

Article from Beatrice Daily Sun, January 25, 1929

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Article Text

FIND THEY NEED IT Lincoln, Neb., (/P) Residents Emerald decided they cannot continue business village without the aid bank. quietly withdrawing funds two weeks ago from the Emerald State bank. resulting in the closing of that they have now pledged their port the bank which was opened yesterday. Unfounded easiness prompted the run the

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Newspaper Articles (1)

Article Text

Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.

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