Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1917 — Both Die for Love. [ARTICLE]

Both Die for Love.

A sad sequel followed a thwarted love affair at Tarumi, Japan. A young man suffered from heart trouble, and went to a home to undergo treatment. Here he met, fell In love with, and became engaged to a girl, but without the knowledge of either his or her parents. When the young people’s relations were discovered by the parents, both families strongly opposed the proposed marriage, and made every effort to prevent .further meetings. The attitude of the parents so upset the young people that the girl became ill and died. On learning of this the young man became deeply depressed, and finally left his home and committed suicide . 0