Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 11, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 11, 1943

Thelma gets some sports oxfords; Yankees win the World Series

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 11, 1943
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Thelma spent the morning with her friend Vangie, going to the grocery store and having breakfast together. In the afternoon she went downtown to meet Lowell and do some shopping. Her purchases included lotion and toothpaste (she didn’t specify Pepsodent like Lowell did), nail polish remover, and a pair of “sport oxfords” for which she paid $5.15. That’…

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