Thomas Flannigan, a former Olivia boy, is dead in France. His sister, Mrs. Henry Patzwald, received a telegram Tuesday night informing her that he was killed on October 23^rd. He entered the service in June and was sent to France shortly afterward. The young man was reared in this vicinity and for a number of years past worked on farms near Renville, making his home much of the time with Robert E. McKinley. He was a fine young man, always cheerful and of a happy disposition, and his untimely death is a sad blow to his relatives and friends here. Two of his sisters, Mrs. Henry Patzwald and Mrs. Andrew Fox, reside here.