How Amateur Sleuths Solved the Mystery of 100-Year-Old South Minneapolis Toilet Cover

Nearly a century ago, a plumber installed a toilet in a bungalow in South Minneapolis. When the job was done, he took a pencil and signed his work on the inside of the tank lid "Otto Johnson, plumber, May 6, 1924." The homeowner used Nextdoor social media app to find descendants of Otto Johnson who might want to have the lid. Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

By Richard Chin From Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Minneapolis—Nearly a century ago, a plumber installed a toilet in a bungalow in south Minneapolis.