Mr. Lanham's Diary: Sept. 21, 1926

While Julia Anne was sick, a devastating hurricane hit Florida

The Lanhams took turns sleeping last night in order to tend to their sick daughter, who was still restless with fever and having trouble breathing. Mr. Lanham took heart in the fact that her temperature was falling.

“We can’t realize how precious this little girl is until she is sick,” he wrote. “Home is altogether different since she came into it, and w…