https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88053005/1918-10-23/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=1&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=540

Delaware has exceeded its Liberty Bond quota despite the influenza. In Wilmington the per capita contribution was $56, just less than 2 weeks of the average income. The Red Cross has issued its guidelines for Christmas packages, first on the list of “unmailables”: spiritous liquors.

Source: “Delaware Exceeds its Liberty Bond Quota by $3,,000,000,” Newark Post, Newark, Delaware, October 23, 1918. Page 1, Column 2.