# Lake Lillian, Minnesota

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 20, 1999, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349 "1999-12-20T05:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bubba\_blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bubba\_blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_blue)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349/1 "1999-12-20T05:39:00Z")

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In Cecil’s column published in _Return of the Straight Dope_ and located here:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_167.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_167.html)

he mentions Lake Lillian, Minnesota. There are now pictures of Lake Lillian (including some of the First State Bank) available online at:  
[http://www.bold98.org/towns/Lake\_Lillian/index.htm](http://www.bold98.org/towns/Lake_Lillian/index.htm)

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**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349/2 "1999-12-21T06:27:00Z")

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HMM, there is a Lelia Lake in the Texas panhandle. No bankthere though, there is a gin and a church. They don’t have a website but you can find it here ; Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities of Donley County, Texas [http://www.granbury.com/~landmark/donley.htm](http://www.granbury.com/~landmark/donley.htm)  
It was named after the sister-in-law of County Judge Gyp Brown. There are 125 folks there, and all of them are smarter than to use a 33 cent stamp to get a 25 cent rebate.

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“Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx

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**Author:** ![Bubba\_blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bubba\_blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_blue)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349/3 "1999-12-21T09:59:00Z")

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I believe you send the rebate in a Business Reply envelope, which means the company picks up the postage for you.

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-lillian-minnesota/349/4 "2000-06-10T15:01:30Z")

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Although Cecil’s column talks about the micro rebate checks isssued by First State Bank, I recently got a monitor rebate check through them that was for $30. And it was issued as a bearer’s check – the payment line said _Pay to [my name] or bearer_ – which is essentually the same as cash, so I thought that the whole process could have been a little more secure. I doubt that any crooks would be tempted to steal a pile of 25-cent bearer’s checks, but a bag of $30 ones would be a nice haul.