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Mourning in Hastings over Lottie Merrill death and marriage plan
A Hastings dispatch reports the death by morphine overdose of Lottie Merrill en route from Denver to Lincoln where she and Frank J. Massey planned to marry. Massey, hiding no elopement, says they intended to wed in Lincoln. her mother confirms the note of suicide. The tragedy shocks the Massey family and Hastings friends, with confusion over whether a century of acquaintance precipitated the act.
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Hastings
Neb
Washington
Samuel Massey
Mary
Burlington Flyer
Lottie Merrill
Denver
Lincoln
Frank J. Massey
Won
Mr. Massey
Miss Merrill
Massey
Union Depot
Macley
Miss Merril
Oxford
Hrady
Sa Bottle Co
Campo Street
Frank 1
Colorado
Frank Arch Hanneil
Des Moines
Jovy, Porter
East Washington
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Thomas Simpson
Frank