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's Diary, Monday, May 17, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Monday, May 17, 1937

More apartment hunting and a Jeanette MacDonald musical

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Monday, May 17, 1937
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A Mrs. H—— came over in the afternoon and shared coffee and cake with Mrs. Culp and her daughter-in-law, Jackie. Mrs. H—- was looking for a new place to live, and Mrs. Culp took her to a house near the one she owned on S. Edison Street that cost just $15 a month (about $275 in current dollars). “She was happy to get away from that other place,” Mrs. Cul…

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