Jefferson Grocery Store in "Uncle Willy" (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-05-18 14:28
Text: 
"Uncle Willy"
Location Key: 
Jefferson Grocery Store
Display Label: 
Sonny Barger's Store
Map Icon: 
Office/store
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
X: 
1192
Y: 
840
Description: 

"Sonny Barger's store," in the Negro district of Jefferson, seems to be as seedy a place as Willy's drugstore (234). The "Jamaica ginger" that the narrator purchases there for Willy was a widely-known way to evade prohibition laws (234): advertised and sold as a medicine, its contents were 80-90% ethanol.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Grocery Store

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