L. W. Hale buried another of his children this week. The others are not yet out of danger. (Shippenville Correspondence)
~ Clarion Democrat, 17-Jan-1895
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That dread disease, diphtheria, in the closing days of 1894, fell upon the large family of Lewis W. Hale, of Elk township. All of the eight children have been prostrated with it and three have since Christmas, have been laid in their graves. They have the sympathy of the community. Let them have its help. (Elk Township Correspondence)
~ Clarion Democrat, 17-Jan-1895
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Lew Hale and family are passing through deep waters. Mrs. Hale died on the 24th inst., making the fourth death in the family, from diphtheria, since Christmas. Five children remain most of whom are seriously ill with the same disease. (Shippenville Correspondence)
~ Clarion Democrat, 31-Jan-1895
