Mr. Lanham's Diary: July 20, 1926

Thermometer breaks 100

It was indeed a hot July day today, with the high of 101 degrees. Mr. Lanham had not slept well, but got up at five to bathe, shave, eat breakfast and head to the store.

“No developments today in the situation,” he wrote, adding that the water pressure was so weak at the place his parents were moving that they had decided to wait and make other arrangem…