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1916–17 · Polk's Indiana Gazetteer, Lakeville entry read first-hand; sampled years stated: 1880–81, 1884–85, 1916–17
The 1916–17 Lakeville entry is the first directory census of the town's auto age, and its whole auto-trade listing is one line: "Kloppenstein O. H., garage." The count, printed as the checklist requires: garages 1, automobile dealers 0 named. Whether Kloppenstein's garage also sold cars is not stated by any carrier reached, and is not inferred here. One classification caution, printed once: the same volume's classified lists carry "Skiles A. C. & B. C., Lakeville" — the town entry gives Skiles A. C. & B. C. as furniture dealers and undertakers; the classified appearance is not converted into an auto or hardware fact anywhere in this build. Settlers for the first named auto seller and the garage's full course: the Lakeville Standard advertising run; the 1920s Polk gazetteers, not yet read first-hand for Lakeville.