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Excerpt from Reports of the Historical Secretary of the Old Settler and Historical Association of Lake County, Indiana, From 1901 to 1905 The year that closes with this August. Which includes two-thirds of the first calendar year of the twentieth century of our reckoning, has had many events similar to those in the year before it There have been marriages and births and deaths; there have been pleasant days and stormy days; there have been successes and disappointments; there have been joys and sorrows. Lieint}r a part, although a small part, of the great civilized world. What affects that great world, to some extent, al'l'ects us. Yet we have not much to do with the affairs of our island possessions, or with street panics in New York. Have cause to be grateful that so many oi us yet live, and that so few of the greater calamities and discords ol' the world have touched us. Commence the second quarter of a century of our existence as an organization under the protection of that kind l'rovidence that has so long watched over us. Livery year protection and many other blessings call to us for fervent thanks to God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.