First National Bank (Chicago, IL)

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Episode Information

Episode UID
801225
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
80 national
Charter Number
8
Start Date
January 16, 1902
Location
Chicago, Illinois (41.850, -87.650)

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gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
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Events (3)
1. June 22, 1863 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. January 16, 1902 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chicago, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago
Source
newspapers
3. March 26, 1902 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National Bank of Chicago vs. Lafayette Perkins, trustee, et al.; on petition of receiver. On trial by court.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (7)
1. January 16, 1902 The Globe-Republican Dodge City, KS
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During 1901 the Wichita street cars carried 1,434,517 passengers. Enterprise has had another fine, this one figuring at $1,000. of loss. In Lawrence there is a plan to build a $20,000 Y. M. C. A. building. George M. Munger, of Greenwood county, offers his farm for $75,000. The president has nominated Adna Clarke, of Kansas, for a lieutenancy. The Frisco line is to have heavier steel between Wichita and Carthage. There is an epidemic of smallpox among a German colony near Stafford. Kansas Turkey wheat sells 2 or 3 cents better than the Nebraska Turkey wheat. Clark Kincaid has bought 3,000 acres of wheat land in Meade county for $7,500. The Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas have a brass band. Agent Honnell is the leader. Anthony people raised $43,000 in two days for the purpose of securing the Choctaw road. Mr. Helby, of Elwood, Indiana, is looking for a location for a glass manufactory in Kansas. A. F. Watson, of Salina, has been appointed to a high salaried clerkship in the postoffice department. Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chicago, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago. A vein of coal has been found in Mitchell county which is three feet thick. It will have to be mined by stripping. Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take the places of those killed in a wreck a month ago. There is a plan forming to build a trolley line from Salina to Lincoln, a distance of thirty-five miles. The Salina commercial club is considering it. J. O. Butler, secretary of the Farmers' Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association, attributes the present high price of wheat to the work of his association. Two carloads of garden seeds from Germany cleared through the Kansas City custom house. The entire shipment was consigned to a Lawrence seed house. It is thought that the Bourbon county grand jury now in session will find bills against county officers and those of the city of Fort Scott, as well as against the booze dealers. An old negro brought his son from Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old master, G. W. Sweeney. They found that both his old master and mistress were dead, and his grief was pitiful to see. Mrs. Minnie Y. Trickey, widow of L. C. Trickey, who was clerk of the district court of Wyandotte county about fifteen years ago, has been appointed city treasurer of Rosedale by a unanimous vote of the council. A. J. Anderson, of Logan county, was found guilty in the United States circuit court of forging testimony in a land allotment case. His fine was fixed at $25 and costs which makes the entire sum something over $100. Stafford county people deny the existence there of a smallpox epidemic. The only death in Stafford of late was an old lady who died of old age, being over 87 years old. No one there believes there are as many as five cases in the county. Wichita wholesalers have been figuring together and they declare that their gross business in 1901 reached ten and three-fourths million dollars. The requirements for the teacher's diploma at Kansas university, which are, in accordance with the provisions of the Grattan certificate law, the standard for all Kansas colleges, have been approved by the state board of education; so that students receiving the teacher's diploma will also receive state teacher's certificates good for three years. Secretary Coburn estimates the value of livestock in Kansas at $153,000,000 which is an increase of $40,000,000 since 1890. There are a million more cattle and half a million more swine in Kansas than in 1890. A Union Pacific brakeman was hurt out near Wamego and the local doctor said he must be taken to a hospital as quickly as possible. The conductor wired the particulars and was ordered to pull for Armourdale with only his

2. January 16, 1902 Hutchinson Gazette Hutchinson, KS
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carried 1,434,517 passengers. Enterprise has had another fine, this one figuring at $1,000 of loss. In Lawrence there is n plan to build a $20,000 Y. M. c. A. building. George M. Munger, of Greenwood county, offers his farm for $75,000. The president has nominated Adna Clarke, of Kansas, for a lieutenancy. The Frisco line is to have heavier steel between Wichita and Carthage. There is an epidemic of emallpox among a German colony near Stafford. Kansas Turkey wheat sells 2 or 3 cents better than the Nebrasica Turkey wheat. Clark Kincaid has bought 3,000 acres of wheat land in Meade county for $7,500. The Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas have a brass band. Agent Honnell is the leader. Anthony people raised $43,000 in two days for the purpose of securing the Choctaw road. Mr. Helby, of Elwood, Indiana, is looking for a location for a glass manufactory in Kansas. A. F. Watson, of Salina, has been apto a in pointed high salaried clerkship the postoffice department. Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chiengo, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago. A vein of coal has been found in Mitchell county which is three feet thick. It will have to be mined by stripping. Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take the places of those killed in a wreck a month ago. There is a plan forming to build a trolley line from Salina to Lincoln, a distance of thirty-five miles. The Salina commercial club is considering it. J.O. Butler, secretary of the Farmers' Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association, attributes the present high price of wheat to the work of his association. Two carloads of garden seeds from Germany cleared through the Kansas City custom house. The entire shipment was consigned to a Lawrence seed house. It is thought that the Bourbon county now find grand jury in officers session and will those bills against county of the city of Fort Scott, as well as against the booze dealers. An old negro brought his son from Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old master, G. W. Sweeney. They found that both his old master and mistress were dead, and his grief was pititur to see. Mrs. Minnie Y. Trickey, widow of L. C. Trickey, who was clerk of the district court of Wyandotte county about fifteen years ago, has been appointed city treasurer of Rosedale by a unanimous vote of the council. A. J. Anderson, of Logan county, was found guilty in the United States circuit court of forging testimony in a land allotment case. His fine was fixed at 825 and costs which makes the entire sum something over $100. Stafford county people deny the ex. istence there of a smallpox epidemic. The only death in Stafford of late was an old lady who died of old age, being over 87 years old. No one there believes there are as many as five cases in the county. Wichita wholesalers have been figuring together and they declare that their gross business in 1901 reached ten and three-fourths million dollars. The requirements for the teacher's diploma at Kansas university, which are, in accordance with the provisions of the Grattan certificate law, the standard for all Kansas colleges, have been approved by the state board of education; so that students receiving the teacher's diploma will also receive state teacher's certificates good for three years. Secretary Coburn estimates the value of livestock in Kansas at $153,000,000 which is an increase of $40,000,000 since 1890. There are a mililon more cattle and half a million more swine in Kansas than in 1890. A Union Pacific brakeman was hurt out near Wamego and the local doctor said he must be taken to a hospital as

3. January 23, 1902 The Globe-Republican Dodge City, KS
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KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Three small boys of Chanute drank paint and died. Enterprise has had another fine, this one figuring at $1,000 of loss. In Lawrence there is a plan to build a $20,000 Y. M. C. A. building. George M. Munger, of Greenwood county, offers his farm for $75,000. Clark Kincaid has bought 3,000 acres of wheat land in Meade county for $7,500. Out of 380 so-called cases of smallpox reported in Kansas in December there was but one fatal case. Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chicago, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago. The school children of district 48, in Barber county, numbering 44 pupils, sent in $7.25 to the McKinley memorial fund. A vein of coal has been found in Mitchell county which is three feet thick. It will have to be mined by stripping. The old county jail in the court house square at Garnett is to be torn down at last. The county commissioners have so ordered. Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take the places of those killed in a wreck a month ago. Mrs. Henry Moberly, of Anderson county, and her 12-year-old son lost their lives while crossing a railroad in a farm wagon. A Dunkard church is being built in a country district of Osborne county which will cost $2,000 and will be paid for when completed. The executive council has contracted for the removal of the horrid "decorations" of the rotunda of the state house and for re-frescoing it. Two years ago Ewing Herbert sold a quarter section of Brown county land for $5,500. A Nebraska man has just paid $7,200 for the same land. Judge Glass, of Marysville county, quietly surrendered his position to Judge Kimball, of Manhattan, who was appointed for that district. Contracts have been let for building a $25,000 observatory at Washburn college. There will be expended on telescope and furnishings $50,000. Jewell county farmers are learning what oldest settlers of the west have long known; to go on high ground to find living water at a less depth than on low lands. A system of promotion has been adopted at the state industrial school for girls at Beloit. They are taught everything of woman's work, from kitchen work to dressmaking. An old negro brought his son from Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old master, G. W. Sweeney. They found that both his old master and mistress were dead, and his grief was pitiful to see. Senator S. J. Stewart, of Allen county, who is a regent of the state agricultural college, is in Washington in the interest of the college in connection with the Fort Hays agricultural experiment station. Stafford county people deny the existence there of a smallpox epidemic. The only death in Stafford of late was an old lady who died of old age, being over 87 years old. No one there believes there are as many as five cases in the county. Former students of Kansas University living in Sedgwick county, are forming an organization for the purpose of working for their alma mater. Five former school teachers of Emporia are now in the schools of Colorado Springs, and one ex-Emporian is a member of the school board of that city. S. H. McManigle, of Harper, and formerly a Wichita druggist, was walkin his yard with his wife, when he sank to the ground and died immediately. a Judge Andrews opened court at La Crosse in defiance of the appointment of C. E. Lobdell as his successor. Lobdell will await the action of the supreme court. Judges Lawrence, appointee, and McBride, holdover, of Sumner county, reached an understanding to prevent trouble in the court room. They agree that court shall be adjourned until February 3, by which time it is expected that the supreme court will have decided upon the validity of appointment of McBride by the governor. Reuben Weeks, a Pottawatomie county farmer, kept cattle in a corral

4. January 23, 1902 Meade County News Meade, KS
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KANSAS. MEADE, KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Three small boys of Chanute drank paint and died. Enterprise has had another fine, this one figuring at $1,000 of loss. In Lawrence there is a plan to build a $20,000 Y. M.C.A. building. Clark Kincaid has bought 3,000 acres of wheat land in Meade county for $7,500. Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chicago, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago. A vein of coal has been found in Mitchell county which is three feet thick. It will have to be mined by stripping. The old county jail in the court house square at Garnett is to be torn down at last. The county commissioners have so ordered. Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take the places of those killed in a wreck a month ago. The alumni of the Emporia normal have commenced to raise a fund of $15,000 to erect an alumni building at the state normal. Mrs. Henry Moberly, of Anderson county, and her 12-year-old son lost their lives while crossing a railroad in a farm wagon. A Dunkard church is being built in a country district of Osborne county which will cost $2,000 and will be paid for when completed. Frank Grimes, state treasurer, says that more counties are now paying off bonds before maturity than at any other time since 1895. Thirty-eight men and 41 women of one ward in Garnett signed a petition asking that an application to sell liquors be granted. An Elk City fire destroyed two stores and several offices. It is believed that the fire was caused by burglars. The loss is about $12,000. A Topeka jointist has brought suit against the city for $6,000 which he has deposited from time to time in the city police court. on 112 counts. Two years ago Ewing Herbert sold a quarter section of Brown county land for $5,500. A Nebraska man has just paid $7,200 for the same land. Judge Glass, of Marysville county, quietly surrendered his position to Judge Kimball, of Manhattan, who was appointed for that district. Contracts have been let for building a $25,000 observatory at Washburn college. There will be expended on telescope and furnishings $50,000. Miss Margaret Town, county superintendent of Wallace county, attended the State Teachers' association and caught cold. Pneumonia resulted from which she died. A system of promotion has been adopted at the state industrial school for girls at Beloit. They are taught everything of woman's work, from kitchen work to dressmaking. An old negro brought his son from Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old master, G. W. Sweeney. They found that both his old master and mistress were dead, and his grief was pitiful to see. Senator S. J. Stewart, of Allen county, who is a regent of the state agricultural college, is in Washington in the interest of the college in connection with the Fort Hays agricultural experiment station. A $25,000 addition is to be made to St. Francis hospital in Wichita, making 45 new rooms and 100 rooms in all. The addition will be 100 by 40 feet, three stories high, with a porch 100 feet long with four floors. Seven years ago the hospital had but 15 rooms. Stafford county people deny the existence there of a smallpox epidemic. The only death in Stafford of late was an old lady who died of old age, being over 87 years old. No one there believes there are as many as five cases in the county. Former students of Kansas University living in Sedgwick county, forming an organization for the pur- are pose of working for their alma mater. Five former school teachers are now in the schools of and one member poria Springs, ex-Emporian Colorado of is Emcity. of the school board of that a S. H. McManigle, of Harper, and formerly a Wichita druggist, was walkin his yard with his wife, when he diately. sank to the ground and died immeJudge Andrews opened court at La Crosse in defiance of the appointment of C. E. Lobdell as his successor. Lobdell will await the action of the supreme court. Judges Lawrence, appointee, and McBride, holdover, of Summer reached an understanding to county, trouble in the court room. They prevent that court shall be adjourned agree until ed February 3, by which time it is expectcided that the supreme court will have deof upon the validity of appointment McBride by the governor. Carlos Diamond, a native of Wichita. the son of a Wichita born. bred married mother, took the gold medal and awarded dren's by France at the annual Chilinternational show. He was the only American child in the show. His mother is trombone soloist in the Barnum & Bailey circus. L. c Mrs. Teleken Minnie Y. Trickey, widow of

5. January 24, 1902 The Chanute Times Chanute, KS
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ANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Three small boys of Chanute drank paint and died. Enterprise has had another fine, this one figuring at $1,000 of loss. In Lawrence there is a plan to build $20,000 Y. M. C. A. building. George M. Munger, of Greenwood county, offers his farm for $75,000. Clark Kincaid has bought 3,000 acres of wheat land in Meade county for $7,500. Out of 380 so-called cases of smallpox reported in Kansas in December there was but one fatal case. Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds E. F. Brown, of Chicago, as receiver of the First National bank of Chicago. The school children of district 48, in Barber county, numbering 44 pupils, sent in $7.25 to the McKinley memorial fund. A vein of coal has been found in Mitchell county which is three feet thick. It will have to be mined by stripping. The old county jail in the court house square at Garnett is to be torn down at last. The county commissioners have so ordered. Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take the places of those killed in a wreck a month ago. Mrs. Henry Moberly, of Anderson county, and her 12-year-old son lost their lives while crossing a railroad in a farm wagon. A Dunkard church is being built in a country district of Osborne county which will cost $2,000 and will be paid for when completed. The executive council has contracted for the removal of the horrid "decorations" of the rotunda of the state house and for re-frescoing it. Two years ago Ewing Herbert sold a quarter section of Brown county land for $5,500. A Nebraska man has just paid $7,200 for the same land. Judge Glass, of Marysville county, quietly surrendered his position to Jndge Kimball, of Manhattan, who was appointed for that district. Contracts have been let for building a $25,000 observatory at Washburn college. There will be expended on telescope and furnishings $50,000. Jewell county farmers are learning what oldest settlers of the west have long known; to go on high ground to find living water at a less depth than on low lands. A system of promotion has been adopted at the state industrial school for girls at Beloit. They are taught everything of woman's work, from kitchen work to dressmaking. An old negro brought his son from Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old master, G. W. Sweeney. They found that both his old master and mistress were dead, and his grief was pitiful to see. Senator S. J. Stewart, of Allen county, who is a regent of the state agricultural college, is in Washington in the interest of the college in connection with the Fort Hays agricultural experiment station. Stafford county people deny the existence there of a smallpox epidemic. The only death in Stafford of late was an old lady who died of old age, being over 87 years old. No one there believes there are as many as five cases in the county. Former students of Kansas University living in Sedgwick county, are forming an organization for the purpose of working for their alma mater. Five former school teachers of Emporia are now in the schools of Colorado Springs, and one ex-Emporian is a member of the school board of that city. S. H. McManigle, of Harper, and formerly a Wichita druggist, was walkin his yard with his wife, when he sank to the ground and died immediately. Judge Andrews opened court at La Crosse in defiance of the appointment of C. E. Lobdell as his successor. Lobdell will await the action of the supreme court. Judges Lawrence, appointee, and McBride, holdover, of Sumner county, reached an understanding to prevent trouble in the court room. They agree that court shall be adjourned until February 3, by which time it is expected that the supreme court will have decided upon the validity of appointment

6. March 26, 1902 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
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THE COURT RECORD. # SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1-John L. McMaster, Judge. Elizabeth Marshall vs. Charles Kissel et al.; to set aside conveyance. Dismissed by agreement. Judgment against defendants for costs. Wesley Banks vs. Alva Jarks et al.; damages. Dismissed and costs paid. Sophia Busch vs. John Troup et al.; injunction and damages. On trial by court. Room 3-Vinson Carter, Judge. J. Harry Roberts vs. William F. Koss et al.; contract. Evidence heard. Taken under advisement. The First National Bank of Chicago vs. Lafayette Perkins, trustee, et al.; on petition of receiver. On trial by court. # CIRCUIT COURT. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. August Wacker vs. Louis Wacker; to convey real estate. Insanity of defendant suggested and Collie E. Kinney appointed guardian ad litem. Submitted to court. Plaintiff authorized to transfer property. Costs paid. Horace M. Cooney vs. Frank L. Glass et al.; damages. Plea in abatement submitted to court. Evidence heard. # NEW SUITS FILED. Emma A. Smock vs. Pamelia Hall et al.; to quiet title. Circuit Court. Goldie Washburn vs. Harry T. Washburn; divorce. Superior Court, Room 3. Carrie Shelton vs. James R. Shelton; divorce. Circuit Court. Allen Caylor vs. Milton A. Woolen; for accounting. Circuit Court. Andrew Steffen vs. Edward H. Decker; on account. Superior Court, Room 2. Della Quinlan vs. Morris J. Quinlan; divorce. Superior Court, Room 1. Robert Picken et al vs. Nancy P. Beville

7. March 28, 1902 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
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THE COURT RECORD. # SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1-John L. McMastter, Judge. Honora Sullivan vs. Edward Sullivan et al.; partition. Finding that plaintiff is owner of undivided one-third of said real estate for life. Finding for each defendant on cross-complaint that each, except Fred Smith, is owner of an undivided one-fourth in fee simple of said real estate, subject to life estate of plaintiff. The court further finds that the present value of plaintiff's life estate is $488. The court further finds that said real estate is not susceptible of division, and it is ordered that same be sold at private sale for not less than appraised value on notice of one week by publication and Charles Harrington is appointed commissioner to make sale, he to give bond in the sum of $2,500. Munson Lightning Conductor Company vs. C. F. Wishmeyer; Room 2. Finding and judgment for plaintiff against defendant for $62.50 and costs. Room 2-W. W. Spencer, Special Judge. Henry M. Mock et al. vs. Charles Boyer et al.; on note. On trial by court. Room 3-Vinson Carter, Judge. The First National Bank of Chicago vs. Lafayette Perkins, trustee, et al.; on petition of receiver for allowance. D. W. Coffin allowed the sum of $7,500 in full for services as receiver. L. C. Walker allowed