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Newspaper
Wilson County News
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1998
Page
14
Sally Rogers observes changing marriage norms including informal unions and reduced formalities. She contrasts a joyful family in a rusting pickup with a gleaming unhappy couple, and cites anthropologists on pair bonding while joking about cave life and fish-bone rings.
The feature surveys Texas history from 1861 secession debates in Austin to the Knights of the Golden Circle and the 25th anniversary of independence. It notes Will Rogers Coliseum as the first domed arena in the US, harsh colonial laws in 1761 San Antonio, sharecropping shifts by the 1930s, and the decline of train callers by 1950 as rail travel waned.
A homemaker laments unruly hand tools that wander from a boot-top bag on the kitchen wall and from Pardner s stash in the barn and truck. After a broom ran away and a pink enamel makeover, she wonders if she won the battle or the war.
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