American Golf Team Earns British Respect in Amateurs
London dispatch notes the American Amateur Golf Team shaped Anglo American goodwill despite varied success. Quimet defeated Tolley in the British championship at Deal, praising Cyril Tolley with a cordial handshake as English golf writers praised the Americans’ sportsmanship, calling Ouimet and Sweetser by nicknames.
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David M. Church
London
Great Britain
Redental
Ameriesr
England
America
Deal
Ouimet
Brands
Sweetser
Jesse
Quimet
Tolley
Cyril
Lima Folks Poor as Taxes Reveal in Tax Returns
A Lima survey shows many households own only about $100 in furniture and automobiles are mainly old junkers. Women’s jewelry is often paste or low value, and savings accounts are scarce. Tax returns suggest few marriages this summer as rings are declared minimal. A man’s 12 cylinder car taxed down to a flivver.
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Lima
Americans Conclude British Open Golf Trip
After Ouimet loses to Wethered in a tense match, he praises his opponent, while Britons applaud his sportsmanship. A Savoy Hotel dinner hosted by the American Golfing Society marks the trip, with Walter Hagen dining privately due to amateur status and social parity issues among English pros.
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Ouimet
Wethered
Roger
Ounimet
England
American Golfing Society of
London
Savoy Hotel
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Americans and English weather color London golf tale
The piece notes Americans in London resenting slight of Hagen and quips about climate. It recalls Texan golfer Rotan and an English reaction to weather. It mentions Channel swimmers awaiting favorable conditions and likely failure by mid September.
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George Rotan
Rotan
Deal Course
English Channel
Dover
Community visits and social events roundup in Manor area
Cherryhill residents and visitors from Van dergrift Indiana Punxsutawney Wehrum Hastings Barnesboro Dixonville Heilwode and Punxsutawney attended memorial day visits concerts and singing school. Girl Scouts of Manor raised a tidy sum from a social last Wednesday night for Clymer activities.
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Gordon Coy
Vandergrift
David Smith
Indiana
Alice McHenry
Punxsutawney
Clymer
John Amond
Wehrum
Gore Lambing
Ernest
George Mason
Hastings
Penn
Franklin Coy
Barnesboro
Manor
Norris E. Waltermire
Heilwode
J. D. Sleppy
Tom King
Hackman
Doris King
Dixonville
Weber
Girl Scouts of
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Ford
Goodyear
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