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 6, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: July 6, 1937

The Culps hold a furniture fire sale

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The Culps met a Mr. Rosenberg at the Edison Street house and sold him the settee and two chairs for $10 and two bedsteads and springs, dresser, chifforobe and the ice box for $17. “A give away!” Mrs. Culp moaned. Some of the money would have to be spent right away on Walter’s watch. “A jewel got bent, he wants $3 for it,” she said of the jeweler. Here’s…

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