Mrs. Culp Revisited: Jan. 6, 1937

Walter isn't feeling well

In a refrain that will be repeated again and again in the diary, Mrs. Culp wrote that Walter woke up, “didn’t feel well,” took a C.R.C. pill “again” and slept until 4 p.m. The C.R.C. pill was an over-the-counter medicine invented by a famous psychic and healer, Edgar Cayce, that was a popular remedy in the 1930s.  Walter’s problems appear to be stomach …