Mrs. Culp Revisited: Sept. 11, 1937

She buys Walter a big, juicy steak

“Terrible headache in afternoon, took Aspergum,” Mrs. Culp began. Even so she went to see a friend and took her to the store with her. “I bought a porterhouse steak for Walter for Sunday dinner. He still feels weak,” she wrote. She sent a letter to sister Else, still staying in Miami, and planted her sweet potatoes in the garden.

A porterhouse steak was …