Mr. Lanham Revisited: September 3, 1926

He again escapes his troubles at the movies

“It seems strange not to have to get up early to sweep the store,” Mr. Lanham wrote today. “And the closing of the store seems to get awfully on Papa’s nerves.” He added that his father had been sick with colitis, which he had treated with calomel. No longer used in medicine, this compound, which is high in mercury, was used as a purgative and to treat …