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- LORENA.
A settlement on the W. section of
- the Missouri Pacific Railway in McLennan
county,
- 90 miles northeast of Austin, and 20
miles south-
- west of Waco, the county seat and nearest
banking
- point. Settled in 1881, it contains
2 churches, a
- public school, 2 steam cotton gins,
a grist mill
- and a corn sheller. Shipments, cotton,
corn and
- live stock. Population, 150. Tel., Western
- Union. Express, Pacific. Mail, daily.
C. F.
- Schaefer, postmaster.
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- Aerl Bros., live stock.
- Crook, S. J., grocer.
- Janes, F. M., cotton gin and coal.
- Marky, A., carpenter and cabinetmaker.
- Poole, A. J., groceries and hardware.
- Schaefer
Bros., Gin and Grist Mill, Hay
- and General Store.
- Snider, E., painter.
- Tearkin, Wm., confectioner.
- Wood, Dr. W. S., druggist.
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- Source: Polk's Texas
State Gazeteer & Business Directory,
1884-1885, p. 498.
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- LORENA.
A settlement on the T. section of M., K., & T.
- Railway, in McLennan county, 86 miles
northeast of Austin,
- and 14 miles southwest of Waco, the
county seat and nearest
- banking point. Settled in 1881, it contains
2 churches, a public
- school, a steam cotton gin and grist
mill. Population, 250. Tel.,
- Western Union. Express, Pacific. J.
L. Walker, postmaster.
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- Aerl Bros., live stock.
- Aerl, V. D., general store.
- Gordan, A. M. & Co., general store.
- Gordon, John, physician.
- Hudson, H. J., general store.
- Janes, F. M., coal, blacksmith and cotton
gin.
- Larkin, Wm., confectioner.
- Ligou, R. M., carpenter.
- Lowe, T. J., blacksmith.
- Masky, A., carpenter.
- Miles, T. F., physician.
- Montgomery, M. J., livery.
- Morgan, Mrs. C., hotel.
- O'Brien, Wm., grocer.
- Poole, A. J., Groceries and Hardware.
- Schaefer Bros., grain and hay.
- Shearin, G. W., meats.
- Shelton, J. T., dry goods and groceries.
- Sherman, H. B., drugs and confectionery.
- Skinner, George, railroad, express and
telegraph agent.
- Snider, E., painter.
- Swain, R. B., lumber and hardware.
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- Source: Polk's Texas
State Gazeteer & Business Directory,
1890-1891, p. 715.
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