Mr. Lanham Revisited: Jan. 23, 1926

Julia Anne screams for ice cream

The mill-end sale at Lanham & Sons began today and, for once, Mr. Lanham was able to report “business fairly good.”

The family ate dinner together at a restaurant called Hale’s. “Julia Anne likes to eat at the small tables and always wants ice cream,” he reported.

The Chattanooga Daily Times newspaper included an account of a scolding the U.S. attorney ge…