Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, July 17, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, July 17, 1937

More money goes out of the bank account...

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, July 17, 1937
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Walter paid the workers at Edison Street $94.80 (equivalent in current money: $1,770). Mrs. Culp paid Mr. Rosenberg $3 in cash and gave him an oil cookstove valued at $2.50 in compensation for his 10 percent commission on the purchase of the bedroom suite. She also made another shopping trip to Table Supply. They are hemorrhaging money!

“Brought Walter’s…

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