https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87058075/1918-08-02/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=16&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=37

Six children in a family in Germany are dead from "undernourishment." The Social Democratic Party newspaper (Vorwaerts) doubt the official explanation: "tuberculosis brought on by deficient mental conditions." The Committee on Public Information reports Mary Cottrell from Scranton, PA has a husband and nine brothers in arms, but does not want a service flag, knowledge of their helping Uncle Sam is sufficient.

Source: "Roused by Dying Children," Cresco Plain Dealer, Cresco, Iowa, August 2, 1918. Page 7, Column 6.