https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1918-07-25/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=15&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=35

The Red Cross is donating 600,000 francs to address the influenza in Switzerland. Bridgeport, CT is in the middle of its largest shoe sale ever, $28K of shoes are being sold 3 for 1. 1000 wives, children and brothers were on hand to see troops off to be trained at Camp Devens.

Source: : "Shoe Opportunity," The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer, Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 25, 1918. Page 4, Column 6.