Mrs. Culp's Diary, Sunday, Nov. 21, 1937

Mrs. Culp sells a heater, Mickey makes a chocolate cake

“It was very cold,” Mrs. Culp wrote.

She had placed an ad in The Tampa Tribune that day for two used oil heaters she was selling, one a “round heater” she was offering for less than half the original price of $13.50 and the other a “circulating heater” for $10, compared to a new cost of $17.50. Today she stayed home anticipating customers to come by, and…