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Wilson County News in Floresville, Texas

23 Aug 1995

Page 14

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Wilson County News

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Floresville, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1995

Page

14

Wiseman family recalls 100-year-old LaVernia homestead

Wiseman family member Bill records his father W M Wiseman Sr memories of the LaVernia homestead built 1894 95. The narrative describes Dagger Hill house construction by shipwrights from Indianola, timber details, 1914 two story sleeping porch, storm cellar, cooling features, and family life in early 1900s Wilson County Texas.

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Wiseman Bill Wiseman Houston LaVernia W.M. Wiseman Sr Wilson County WCN Jim Wiseman Dagger Hill Indianola Seguin Lydia
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Milk and butter porch chores and Sunday baking

A narrative recalls milk cooling on a side porch with a cooler and water to keep it fresh all day. It describes sour milk used as clabber, churning for butter, and saving buttermilk for Papa. The butter is shaped in a wooden mold with a flower design, and a pie safe on the back porch stores bread and pies for Sunday baking.

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Papa Mama
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German-Texan Heritage Society annual meeting in Victoria

The German-Texan Heritage Society will hold its annual meeting September 8 to 10 at the Victoria Holiday Inn. A $45 registration through August 21 covers a Friday buffet, bus tour, German dinner, and all exhibits. Concurrent topics include German family research and immigrant trails.

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Victoria Black Forest Hermann Grueneberg Theresa Gold Robert Thonhoff Indianola Tom Foegelle William Moeller Henry Wolff Victoria Holiday Inn Teresa Chavez GTHS P.O Austin
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