Mr. Lanham's Diary, June 21, 1926

Coolidge announces a federal surplus

It was just 62 degrees when Mr. Lanham got up this morning, the first day of summer, and he observed it was “unusually cool for the season.” That cool wind blew ill for the Lanhams.

“Will Mundy came up and we had a conference with W.T. Wright,” he wrote. “But it was rather discouraging as no one had any idea that seemed to offer any hope.” (Mr. Wright …