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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 22, 1921, page 1

MRS. HARLAN A SUICIDE BY HANGING

The community was greatly shocked yesterday when it was learned that Mrs. Sarah E. Harlan had committed suicide. The deed was accomplished some time during the fore noon, at her home in the eastern part of town. She committed the act by hanging herself from a beam in the woodshed having mounted a platform, tied a rope to the beam and around her neck and then swung off. She was discovered by one of the children at noon, upon returning from school for the noon hour. From indications, she had been dead about two hours before she was found hanging from the beam. Mrs. Harlan had lived in the city for a number of years, having moved in from the ranch, which was taken over by her son, George. She was a widow, her husband dying several years ago from injuries sustained in falling from a load of hay. Four of her younger children were living with her, attending school, and it is reported that she had made threats before them that she would kill herself. She had been despondent for some time over sickness, which is presumed to be the cause of the rash act. An obituary will follow in a later issue.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 29, 1921, page 1

OBITUARY

Sarah E. Cox was born in Junction City, Oregon, September 5th, 1865, and died in Goldendale, Wash., Sept. 21, 1921, aged 56 years and 16 days.
She married Milton Harlan at Colfax, Wash., July 3rd, 1889. They came to Goldendale in 1903, and purchased a farm five miles west of town, where they lived until her husband's death, August 26, 1916. Since then she lived in Goldendale with the younger children, sending them to school. She had been ill for nearly two years before her death.
She leaves to mourn the loss of a beloved mother, seven children:
George Harlan, age 31 years; Gertrude Lester, age 29; Arthur Harlan, age 24; Ruby Harlan, age 17; Esther Harlan, age 14; Bessie Harlan, age 12 and Ralph Harlan, aged 7.