Golf's rising reach: clubs, schools, and public courses expand
The essay notes 2 million Americans play golf with Chicago boasting 53 large clubs and eleven municipal courses. It highlights municipal courses as democratic access, mentions the Printing Trades Golf Association, and profiles figures like President Harding and John D. Rockefeller. It argues golf fosters health, discipline, honesty, and social cohesion while warning about wood shortages and conservation.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Printing Industry and Allied Trades
Printing Trades Golf Association
Detroit
Seattle
American Forestry Association
United States Golf Association
Western Golf Association
Veriegt Club
Harding
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Margaret Cameron
Los Angeles
Jock Hutchinson
Washington
Golf Club
Sun Still a Mystery Beyond Our Solar Understanding
The article discusses the sun's immense size and temperature and notes science still has much to learn about Old Sol. It compares Earth to a popcorn kernel and explains the sun’s influence on life and weather, while quoting Capper's Weekly on the mystery surrounding celestial phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
A Cake on Shipboard
A fragment notes energy spent to end keep something afloat at sea and hints at shipboard life and routines during a voyage. Details are limited but imply sustenance tasks aboard a vessel.
Cock of Jemappes Re-dedication At Historic Belgian Shaft
Thousands visit Jemappes to witness the re dedication of the Cock of Jemappes monument rebuilt after destruction in 1914 German drive toward Mons. The memorial honors the 1792 battle where French forces defeated Prussians and Austrians on Belgian soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemappes
Mons
Automatic Lighthouse at Barry Gower Lights Itself
A new automatic lighthouse near Barry Holmes Gower England is completed. It self lights when actinic value reaches a set degree and extinguishes as daylight reaches the corresponding degree, needing only ice replenishment with chemicals in two years.
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Barry Holmes Gower
England
Cinema Star Rescued by Bread Crust in Snow
A ragged girl hungry and cold spots a crust of bread on snow in a wood. She eats it, a voice calls out Right Miss Dainty, she hurries to an automobile and drives to her mansion. The Shefield Telegraph reports.
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Hiere’s
Baby Elephants Arrive in New York From India
The steamship Mount Carroll reached New York with a mixed cargo from India via Germany including thirteen baby elephants. One calf is pictured being unloaded, highlighting the surprising arrivals.
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Mount Carroll
New York
India
Germany
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Kirk
John Dickinson Sherman
John Kerr
International
Mator
Sacramento
Yesteryear
Cock OF Jemappes
Unique
Legion Post
American Legion
Warren O. Grimm
Lake Washington Canal
America
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
Riverside Drive
Hudson River Shore
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