Mr. Lanham Revisited: July 29, 1926

A hurricane brings more rain to Rome

A hurricane that was battering the Atlantic coast brought a “steady, slow, winter-like rain” to Rome all day. Mr. Lanham blamed the weather for the poor business at the Lanham & Sons store on Broad Street, though he surely knew better.

After dinner, he drove to his mother and father’s new place outside town with some ice. “They are getting no water now a…