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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