Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 7, 1926

Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 7, 1926

Music Week concludes with band concert

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Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 7, 1926
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Mr. Lanham was delirious over his flowers this morning, not just the roses, but also the peonies and the iris. He watered the garden all night with his hose and “harvested” a number of blooms to put in his house.

That night he, wife Anne and five-year-old Julia Anne attended a band concert that “brought Music Week to a glorious close,” he wrote. “Music f…

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