https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067846/1918-07-27/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=3&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=37

The spanish influenza is reported in Belfast, Ireland as having been checked and never met alarming proportions. In South Carolina apples and grapes are ripening and the soil is ready for fall plowing. More than 200 leftists are reported executed by the bolsheviki for their role in assassinating the German ambassador, von Mirbach.

Source: "Spanish Grippe in Belfast," The Watchman and southron, Sumter, South Carolina, July 27, 1918. Page 7, Column 6.