Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: July 13, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: July 13, 1937

A hair cut and a new gas range

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Kathryn Smith
Jul 13, 2022
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: July 13, 1937
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The most important news of the day — Mrs. Culp underlined it — was “I had my hair cut.” She and Walter had shrimps for lunch and then checked out the new Roper Gas Range that she had seen advertised. The appliance company had been founded by George D. Roper in 1874 and was paricularly well known in the 30s for its gas stoves. (There’s even a following f…

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