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 | | Andrews’ parents came to Chase County in 1886 and settled in the Lamar community. |
 | | On their arrival there was a small village consisting of a general store owned by Hec Pairan, a flour and feed store owned by Dave Kingery, and the flsmith shop owned by Ike Nicholson. |
 | | At one time Lamar had three general stores, two hardware stores, two drug stores, bank, hotel, restaurant, two livery barns, lumber yard, two implement stores, two newspapers, and the first resident physician in the county. |
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