Chapter 13c The Single-Year Bottlers International Bottling Works © Bill Lockhart 2000   International Bottling Works (1917)      All that is known about the International Bottling Works is that it was managed by Joe Kite in 1917 at 325 Leon St.  Kite was not listed prior to 1917 but was a bookkeeper for Krakauer, Zork & Moye the following year and roomed at the YMCA.  He was not listed after 1918.  Kite may have been a victim of the Spanish Influenza that ravaged the entire world in 1918.  The influenza hit El Paso around the first of October and had killed over 600 people by the end of the month.  The mayor closed schools and banned all unnecessary public gatherings in an attempt to halt the devastation (Luckingham 1984:6-13).  Although Kite may merely have moved away from El Paso, the timing of his disappearance is cause for speculation.

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