Suicide is becoming fashionable it seems among the young and innocent before trouble builds up on them as well as the older people burdened with cares incident to an existence in this world. About 8 o'clock last Monday morning Alfred Odell, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Odell of New Market, went to the barn and placing a strap around his neck, fastening the other end to a beam, jumped off with the result of breaking his neck and hurling himself into eternity. Nearby neighbors soon discovered him but it was all over. The only known cause for the terrible deed is the fact that his mother caught him chewing tobacco a short time before and gave him a severe scolding. He begged her to not tell his father, but this failed to ease his mind it seems and he decided to wipe out the disgrace. Boys, let tobacco along. PAGE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Clarinda, Iowa, Oct 27, 1904
Suicide is becoming fashionable it seems among the young and innocent before trouble builds up on them as well as the older people burdened with cares incident to an existence in this world. About 8 o'clock last Monday morning Alfred Odell, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Odell of New Market, went to the barn and placing a strap around his neck, fastening the other end to a beam, jumped off with the result of breaking his neck and hurling himself into eternity. Nearby neighbors soon discovered him but it was all over. The only known cause for the terrible deed is the fact that his mother caught him chewing tobacco a short time before and gave him a severe scolding. He begged her to not tell his father, but this failed to ease his mind it seems and he decided to wipe out the disgrace. Boys, let tobacco along. PAGE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Clarinda, Iowa, Oct 27, 1904
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