Articles about suicides??(preferably ones dated from 1920s)?

Question

I am writing a fictional article about a suicide for my english coursework and I could really use exaples of some real articles, especially the ones from 1920s. Does anyone know where can I find some good articles?

(I have checked Google News but most of the articles are about suicide bombers) I also wouldnt mind any tips for the coursework I am supposed to write :D

Answer 1

At the end of the decade there was the Wall Street Crash (1929):  the sky was dark with millionaires throwing themselves out of upper-floor windows - I should have thought it would have put this era as one of the most suicide-prone in history. Only a few years later and Seress would be writing Gloomy Sunday, the archetypal suicide song.

One writer you should look at is Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar) a manic depressive and wife of Ted Hughes who eventually committed suicide. You might also look at articles on Virgina Woolf, the author, who drowned herself in the River Ouse. This was later than you era, but suicide is timeless (if not painless) as the song used to go.

Answer 2

You really must include this one.

"..........and How Hi (the Chinaman) was so upset he committed CHOP SUICIDE".

Good luck with your coursework.