According to Wiki it appears that Safeway was in Maryland by the late 1920’s.
Okay. Thanks. See above post re Safeway.
My theory is that Judge’s Book is the epicenter of Ford’s story and none of this story could have existed without this stupid drunk-a-logue. Once Ford got a hold of the book she could piece together a story coming up with names, events, where Judge worked, etc.
Wiki? lol, when was the last edit? rotf