Editing Larry Flynt (section)

==First enterprises==
In early 1965, Flynt took $1,800 (approx. $17,000 in 2022 when adjusted for inflation) from his savings and bought his mother's bar in [[Dayton, Ohio]], called the Keewee. He refitted it and was soon making $1,000 a week (approx. $9,300 in 2022); he used the profits to buy two other bars. He worked as many as 20&nbsp;hours a day and took [[Substituted amphetamine|amphetamines]] to stay awake.<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|56}}

Flynt decided to open a new, higher-class bar, which would also be the first in the area to feature nude hostess dancers; he named it the [[Hustler Club]]. From 1968 onward, with the help of his brother Jimmy and later his girlfriend [[Althea Flynt|Althea Leasure]], he opened [[Hustler Club]]s in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Cleveland]], [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Cincinnati]], and [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Ohio]]. Soon each club grossed between $260,000 and $520,000 a year. He also acquired the Dayton franchise of a small newspaper called ''Bachelor's Beat'', which he published for two years before selling it. At the same time, he closed a money-losing vending-machine business.<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|81}}