Devine, Frank & Luke (sons of Bernard Wm. Devine) d. 1895

DEVINE

Posted By: Rachel (Scherf) Levine (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 14:08:22

DIPHTHERIA NEAR LIVERMORE
The Livermore Gazette reports diphtheria in the B. W. Devine [Bernard William, born 1857] family near that place, and says: "Diphtheria broke out very unexpectedly at the home of B. W. Devine, several miles northeast of town, his four children being stricken with it, and in spite of the efforts of the physicians, his son Frank, seven years of age, died last Saturday evening and was buried Sunday morning. On the following Monday morning his baby boy Luke, 15 months of age, died and was buried on the same day. The two remaining children, we are glad to report, are recovering. There has been no diphtheria prevailing in that section, and the most plausible solution is that Mr. Devine may have brought it from Chicago, where he has been recently. The public school in that district, taught by Miss Mabel Kenna, has been closed in consequence, as the oldest boy was attending there up to the time of his sickness and it is possible that others may be taken down. The sympathy of their many friends is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Devine."
--Algona Courier, 11 January 1895, page 4