Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 5, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 5, 1943

They make ice cream and play cards; some what-ifs regarding Justice Robert Jackson

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 5, 1943
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With their friends Vangie and Joe, Thelma and Lowell made ice cream this Friday evening and played cards. Lowell had gotten his paycheck and paid the $16.25 in rent.

My cursory scan of history websites and the New Orleans newspaper for this day didn’t turn up anything I could get my writing teeth into. Instead, I am sharing a post by John Q. Barrett, law…

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