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: Sept. 16, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: Sept. 16, 1937

A new car is ordered

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Sept. 16, 1937
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It was a humdrum day with a big finish.

Mrs. Culp stayed home all day. A gentleman who had paid her to translate letters from German to English from time to time came by. “He paid me 85 cents for the two last ones,” she wrote.

The big news: Son William and his wife Jackie traded in their car for a brand-new 1938 Plymouth “which they will get in October.” …

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