Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-11-10 | Page 18 | Mermaid Provoked the Sneeze Which Started the 'Flu'

I i MERMAID D PROVOKED THE SNEEZE WHICH STARTED THE FLUrr fLUn FLU n rr sl al S 1 Bloomington Wis Vis Nov XO 3 The I.-The The sneeze that started tho the flu has hasI been traced to BloomIngton Heros Hero's the stor story A mermaid is reported to have been seen In the she Wisconsin river Abe Abc Patch while crOs crossing crossing- is alleged a L bridge to have ful lul caught an nn eye eye- At any rate while throwing one of ot his celebrated for ladles ladies only smiles armies at nt her ho lost ost half of ot his store storo teeth in tho the creek Abe says he merely cast a sn sneeze oze In the general direction of ot tho the lady to give her warning of ot a gentleman's gentle gentle- bon tIe tIe- mans man's approach lie He sneezed so 80 hard at tho the elusive tel temptress l of or tho deep he ho declares that t his hits porcelain yielded j to tho the 1 force of or the explosion coun countered Ll from tho the windshield of or Abos Abo's auto to tho tiro bridge rail shot downward to some dark darl unfathomed cavo caVa In tho tiro depths of oC tho the sweeping stream and thence all aU over the cou country try became of ot the lad lady It would be bo useless to question Abe Abc He covered his oyes and awa away and ho blu blushed hed so hard bard for tor a week that every one thoU thought bl ho had hall a u fever fe But Bul you OU should hould have hao seen Been the crowd of or legs les le H bashful men met at nt that bridge after atter Abos Abo's story leaked out