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1916–17
Coal at Lakeville was a second-rank trade carried inside two firms' directory lines. Polk's 1916–17 town entry (p. 776) carries "Ducy Wm M, genl store and coal" and "Moore Alexander, hdwe and coal" — Moore corroborated in the classified Hardware, Etc. list (pt. 3, p. 1475). No other edition read carries a Lakeville coal line: 1880–81, 1882–83 and 1884–85 name no coal dealer; the 1875 Atlas detached block carries no coal string; Chapman names no coal dealer. The finding is a form finding, paid as such: a general store's side line and a hardware store's side line, with no coal heading, no coal yard, and no standalone dealer in any edition read. The trade was missed by pairing — the businesses leg rostered Ducy and Moore under store and hardware, and the coal half of each line is the gap leg's catch. Whether either firm kept a yard by the tracks is unstated in every carrier reached and is carried as an open question. Settlers: the Standard run; railroad station and freight records for the Vandalia and Wabash stops.