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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
4
The text fragment shows price terms for a newspaper delivery plan. It mentions weekly and monthly carrier rates and a six month option, with figures including $3.00 per week and $6.00 per year in unclear context. No dates or names are provided.
A high speed auto chase in Cleveland ends with 50 pursuing motorcycles and cars urging lynching as police arrest a drunk driver. Observers describe mob behavior as a rapid hypnotic collapse from civilized restraint to savagery.
The excerpt argues that crowds trigger mob psychology and collective mania. It claims individuals act irrationally in groups, citing dance fever, fashion crazes, and cultlike bursts as waves of social insanity. It contends sane individuals lose restraint when congregating.
At a festive banquet men are persuaded to wear whimsical tissue paper hats. The wearers appear to enjoy the novelty, though none would accept $100 to don the hats unless influenced by a crowd’s pressure or “the spell” of mob hypnosis.
An unsigned, reflective column argues that large groups induce mob mentality in politics and education. It contrasts private prudence with public risk, cites China and US trivia, notes music as a life necessity, and recalls old Dorchester readers in a demolition for a garage.
The article shares a 3700 year old Egyptian brewery model found near Cairo by Dr. Flinders Petrie and sent to the University of Pennsylvania. It muses on humanity’s drinking habits, mortality, and population dynamics, then notes Josiah White’s 1806 Vermont death and his many descendants, plus George W. Sherman’s 614 mile journey to a Confederate veterans reunion, and introduces Chew Chew the health clown in New York City schools with his dog Creamo.
Waterloo Tribune notes candidates for postmaster urge Republicans to back Brookhart. Sioux City Tribune questions Colonel Harvey about his son in law supplying guns to Irish rebels. Webster City Freeman Journal says Iowa will trust Brookhart on Washington lobby. Dubuque Telegraph Herald cites high murder conviction gaps as indictment of U.S. courts.
Charles City Press notes that federal operation of coal mines is unlikely as senators demand caution. Correctionville News warns mob rule damages property and injures people undermine law and urges legal avenues after appeals fail.
The article notes that in parts of Greece a marriageable girl may compel her father to secure a husband if no suitor appears for a license. Fathers are often reduced to impotence in securing a match according to local custom.
Fashion authorities note the skirt is separated from the floor by about eight inches and expect the gap to shrink by fall. An insect count shows over 2,900,000 known species currently live on Earth.
In the District Court of Iowa Union County Hallie B Emery sues Wm Emery for divorce alleging cruel treatment endangering life and seeks custody of two minor children Helen Marie age 4 and Ruby Frances age 2. If defendant fails to appear by August 7 1922 a default judgment will be entered.
The entry explains rapport as a harmonious relation and mutual understanding. It notes usage in hypnosis to describe susceptibility to influence and traces etymology from French rapporter and Latin reportare meaning to bring back.
The piece explains the Latin root rapport from portare meaning to bear or bring and how it appears in English as bringing back or restoring. It discusses phrases like back to an original state and examples using rapport in context with rulers or radical elements.
A humorous note on marriage costs and parental concern. The Dalmatian parent remains unconcerned about the high price of shoes, implying a playful contrast between social pressure and personal indifference.
The narrator notes a practice where women do not wear shoes until after marriage, so the shoe bills are paid by husbands. This custom persists even in well-to-do families, affecting family budgets and gender roles.
Very little ornamentation appears on the new frocks. When used it appears on shoulders panels water line and sleeves. Candad possesses nearly fielf the water power of the world.
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