Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: April 22, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: April 22, 1937

A trip is in the offing!

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Apr 22, 2022
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: April 22, 1937
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Sister Else came visiting from St. Petersburg and Mrs. Culp took her to the soon-to-be-infamous quack Dr. Urbuteit for “treatments” with his Sinothermic gizmo. “She will take 2 today and 2 tomorrow,” Mrs. Culp wrote, not specifying what the treatments were supposed to do. She and Else went shopping in the afternoon — Mrs. Culp bought two hats! — and the…

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