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Clean Woman Shot Self in Bolivar Tragedy
Myrtle Strayer, 40, well known Bolivar resident and town clerk, shot herself in the right temple at about 2 AM on Friendship Street, dying a few hours later. Ill health and a presumed romance motive are noted. she had recently returned from the Welavijie Sanitarium for treatment.
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Myrtle Strayer
Strayer
Bolivar
Eufelde
Elf
Ofelock
Friendship Street
Welavijje Sanitarium