Old Home Town – 100 years ago

From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 19, 1907: “The City Council spent all last evening going over the proposed street railway franchise and making changes and may have amended the franchise to death. Amendments proposed in good faith made a patchwork of the franchise and the death blow may have been the bid to build a bridge for the operation. : The Kansas football team seems well-prepared for the Nov. 28 football game with Missouri in St. Joseph and the players say they are planning to “twist the tiger’s tail.” KU will carry a 4-3 record into the season finale on Thanksgiving Day.”