Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Chief Askew's Diary: June 21-22, 1930
Crowds come to town and Warm Springs; first talking air picture at Alamo
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Chief Askew's Diary: June 20, 1930
Car thieves caught in nearby town; Atlanta golfer Bobby Jones wins third British Open
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Chief Askew's Diary: June 19, 1930
Cotton growing, a car stolen; Admiral Byrd welcomed home from South Pole
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Chief Askew's Diary: June 18, 1930
Cotton is growing; a political cartoon seems to speak of our times
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Chief Askew's Diary: June 17, 1930
The 'Boys' nab a drunk driver; FDR writes editorial in crime pulp magazine
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Chief Askew's Diary: June 16, 1930
'Boulevard violators' are fined; Chicago police chief resigns after reporter's murder
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Bruce Yandle writes on the federal debt
They don't call economics 'the dismal science' for nothing
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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
A bite-size taste of history each day based on the diaries of ordinary people of the 1920s-1940s, plus book reviews, economic commentary, and an occasional vintage cocktail recipe to wash it all down.
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