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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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 10, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 10, 1943

They spend a lazy Sunday reading the funny papers, seeing a movie

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 10, 1943
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After eating supper so late the night before, Thelma and Lowell slept in this morning. They didn’t go to church — I bet this would have shocked their parents in Ohio! — instead spending the morning hanging around their apartment. “Ate dinner and read the funnies,” Thelma wrote.

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