It was a grim morning. Mr. Lanham spent most of it at the bank, “trying to work out…some way of saving the business.” He wasn’t given much hope that Lanham & Sons would continue to operate from its multi-story building on Rome’s Broad Street.
Doubtless he felt a little better after seeing that evening’s Chautauqua entertainment, which I would bet was hel…
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