25 YEARS AGO (Oct. 17, 1918)

Among those who had died during the week from the flu epidemic which was sweeping the country:

Mrs. Alec M. McManigal, 51, of Blair;

Will Mencke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Mencke of Blair;

Asa Orren Maynard, Blair printer;

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Garlow, son-in-law and daughter of “Buffalo Bill” Cody;

Frequent Blair visitors:

Frank Folden, Des Moines, formerly of Blair;

John Wentworth, 22, soldier son of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Wentworth of Blair;

Lottie Harris, 22, daughter of Mrs. Hannah Harris of DeSoto;

Other deaths during the week:

Mrs. Ned Hindley, 76, of Blair;

Mrs. Thomas Scott, 60, of Blair;

Menzo McMurtrie, 31, of Blair;

John Winans, 78, of south of Blair;

The Rev. J. Wallace Larkin, 54, former pastor of the Blair Congregational church;

James M. Metzler, 63, of near Blair.