Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Wednesday, May 26, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Wednesday, May 26, 1937

Walter takes liver pills and Ford Motor Company has a labor showdown

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Wednesday, May 26, 1937
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In yet another quest to restore his health, Walter Culp began taking a course of “ox bile” — possibly what was known then as bile salts — “72 pills — 6 a day,” Mrs. Culp wrote. Bile salts were an over-the-counter laxative, which seems to be one of Walter’s on…

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