Mid West State Bank (Fort Scott, KS)

Episode Information

Episode UID
83006171527
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
8300617 routing
Routing Number
83-0061
Start Date
March 7, 1927
Location
Fort Scott, Kansas (37.840, -94.708)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
6531b36cc801aa14

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles show the bank was closed by the state banking department and a receiver appointed; name appears as Mid-West/Midwest in sources.

Events (4)
1. March 7, 1927 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Appointment of Fred Bayless, Fort Scott lawyer, as receiver for the Midwest State bank at Fort Scott, was announced Saturday.
Source
newspapers
2. March 7, 1927 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by the state banking department as part of shutdown of a chain of Miller banks.
Newspaper Excerpt
Appointment of Fred Bayless, Fort Scott lawyer, as receiver for the Midwest State bank at Fort Scott, was announced Saturday.
Source
newspapers
3. April 8, 1928 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Charles W. Johnson, receiver for the Mid-West State Bank, Fort Scott, filed suit Thursday for money ... Charles W. Johnson, receiver for the Mid-West State Bank, Fort Scott, filed suit Thursday for money from Crawford in the district court.
Source
newspapers
4. July 10, 1930 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
We had all the money collected to equip the new office in the old Mid-West Bank of this city over three years ago ... When the bank failed ...
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. March 7, 1927 Carthage Evening Press Carthage, MO
Article from Carthage Evening Press, March 7, 1927

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Article Text

BANK RECEIVERS ANNOUNCED Three to Handle Affairs of Closed Miller Chain Pittsburg, Kans., March 7. Appointment of two receivers for six of the Miller banks, closed ten days ago by the state banking department, was announced by Roy Bone, state bank commissioner. James T. Fowler, cashier of the Home bank of Arcadia, was named receiver for the Miners' State bank of Mulberry, the Commercial State bank of Arma and the Farmers' State bank of Englevale. George L. Stevenson, Pittsburg lawyer, was appointed receiver for the Pittsburg State bank, the First State bank of Cherokee and the Farmers' State bank of Opolis. Appointment of Fred Bayless, Fort Scott lawyer, as receiver for the Midwest State bank at Fort Scott, was announced Saturday. The seven banks comprised a chain established several years ago by Jonathan G. Miller, Mulberry capitalist, and several associates.

2. April 8, 1928 Sunday Morning Herald Fort Scott, KS
Article from Sunday Morning Herald, April 8, 1928

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MIDWEST SUIT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY Failure to Take Mules Bought Auction Brings Damage Suit. Charles W. Johnson, receiver for the Mid-West State Bank, Fort Scott, filed suit Thursday for money from Crawford in the district court. The bank receiver declared of $393.25 due from Beth to the bank damages. According to the petition, Beth purchased auction nine head mules, $490, but after the refused take his purchase. mules later and for causing the bank of $216.50. The rest amount asked the suit for feeding the animals during the tra and for other expenses caring for them.

3. July 10, 1930 The Church Advocate and Good Way Fort Scott, KS
Article from The Church Advocate and Good Way, July 10, 1930

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We believe in a divine providence, but we may not always be protected by them. I submit here a statement in regard to bank failures in the last three years. We had all the money collected to equip the new office in the old Mid-West Bank of this city over three years ago, and the amount was about $1800 in all. Buying equipment, paying freight and installing the same and moving it was taking SO much money that I borrowed a small amount at this same bank so as to be sure not to run short. When the bank failed all was checked out except a few dollars, and we owed them $50. So they proposed to just butt accounts, and for me to pay the difference we owed them, which we did, and the office never lost a dollar. A narrow escape! We had our personal account in the last bank that broke here, but changed to another bank just a few weeks before it broke. A narrow escape again! On June 26th we got a bank draft for $55. 40-our camp meeting money for the Deerfield, Mo. C. M.-intending to deposit it in the Deerfield, Mo. bank to make it conven-