unwholesome influences

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by TBHC @ 8:02 am

65 years ago…

February 1, 1941 – Local health officials and ministers call for a ban on military men visiting jook joints, citing as reasons their “unwholesome influences” and the repute of the women who hang around them.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center

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  1. Pam Says:

    “…citing as reasons their “unwholesome influences” and the repute of the women who hang around them.”
    By this definition, the First Baptist Church of Brandon, would be a jook joint (for those that don’t know, this would be Ronda Storm’s church.)

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