The Archive · 1931

Strange Suicide Case

A. Pootung. farmer Jo on April 12 by taking poison because his mother-in-law took her Jdaughter home in accordance with Jeastom and refused to permit her to return.

'The farmer married the shortly before the Chinese Year and, early this month, in ac-Pootung custom, she was taken back to her parents' home Jjourned to the school grounds, The fehildren were drawn up in a solid square in front of the flag-post and the flag was hoisted and broken at the top of the flag-pole, after which three cheers were given and the National Anthem sung,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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