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1916–17
A service line the businesses leg never rostered stands in the record now. Polk's 1916–17 Lakeville entry (p. 776) carries the line "Jennings Earl, r r exp and tel agt" — Earl Jennings, railroad, express and telegraph agent. The line was missed because it is not a firm and carries no trade heading of its own; the roster took firms and trades and passed the agent by. The 1916–17 entry puts Lakeville on the Vandalia and Wabash railroads, with Western Union telegraph and Adams and Wells, Fargo & Co. express; the agent line is the human form of that infrastructure. No earlier edition read names an agent for Lakeville — the 1880s entries predate the rail arrival the 1882–83 header still measures from La Paz, four miles, on the B.&O. Jennings is the first named station agent in the town's record, and he prints as a first, per this section's rule.