Old Home Town – 100 years ago
From the Lawrence Daily World for April 21, 1908: “Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota has a fighting chance for the Democratic presidential nomination even though he has been belittled by the favored William Jennings Bryan. : In Ottawa, the state rested its case against Frank Schneck, accused of killing his wife, after two witnesses had provided strong testimony in the late stages of the trial which has drawn much attention. : Levi Flory of Pleasant Grove brought in a bottle of bug-infested clover this morning. University scientists said the varmints were aphids rather than green bugs which for so long have threatened Kansas wheat. “

