Lowell was apparently off from work today. He went to town, paying 14 cents to ride the streetcar, cashed his paycheck, and paid $16.25 in rent to their landlady. That’s about $280 in current money for a month’s rent. Thelma washed clothes. That afternoon, they did their grocery shopping, and then in the evening they listened to Bob Hope on the radio.
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