August 25, 1899
A Soldier's Sad End
Vernon Slotter, 19 years of age, died last night in a tent at Tenth and Jackson. He was a soldier in the Spanish- American war and for many months was in a hospital in Cuba. After careful nursing he removed sufficiently to be sent to this county, but he never regained his health. He enlisted in the Sixth Missouri volunteers and served through the Cuba campaign, His body is at Kendle's undertaking parlors. The funeral arrangements have not been made,
August 25, 1899
A Soldier's Sad End
Vernon Slotter, 19 years of age, died last night in a tent at Tenth and Jackson. He was a soldier in the Spanish- American war and for many months was in a hospital in Cuba. After careful nursing he removed sufficiently to be sent to this county, but he never regained his health. He enlisted in the Sixth Missouri volunteers and served through the Cuba campaign, His body is at Kendle's undertaking parlors. The funeral arrangements have not been made,
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