Global spread of golf reshapes courses worldwide
The article details a surge in golf’s popularity from a handful of courses in 1894 to tens of thousands globally, with major growth in the United States, Canada, Europe, and beyond. It notes public and private courses, rising revenues from green fees, and ambitious course constructions in mountains, deserts, and coastal regions, highlighting notable clubs and personalities.
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Scotland
Royal
Golf Club
St. Andrews
Americao
Albany
N.Y
Yonkers
N. Y
New York City
Chicago
Louisville
Gaylord
Kan
New-York-city
New York Times
Vermont
Lake Worth
Florida
Tommy Burns in an Unruly Street Urchin’s Care
A neglected street urchin was committed to Juvenile Hall where he received baths and clean clothes. His hair was cut and nails trimmed, but a wart on his hand drew a stern warning from a patron who threatened to wash it away.
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Juvenite Hall
Lawrence Grass
Canmore
Alberta
Alpine Club of Canada
Tonquin Valley
Jasper National Park
Bastion’peak
Grassi
Reading's impact on daily life and reader empathy
The passage argues a book's success rests on its effect on daily existence, stimulating beauty, pity, and sympathy, and aiding understanding of a fellow human being.
Bennett quotes on awakening conscience and conduct
A fragment from Arnold Bennett discusses awakening the conscience to influence personal conduct. It asserts that if books achieve any of these effects they succeed, framing literature as a moral catalyst within his essay Things That Have Interested Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold_ Bennett
Modern Child Rearing Notes From Lectures
Fragmentary notes discuss child upbringing and applying the golden rule in training. The text mentions a lecturer in Virginia and references wooden toys and moral guidance as part of education.
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Vaica
Portrait of Mrs. Langley as first Kentucky congresswoman
Mrs. John W. Langley, wife of the jailed former congressman, is pictured in a new portrait and calls her husband’s electoral victory a vindication for his political career while he serves a sentence for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
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Chicago
Cannes
Nice
Vichy
Vittel
Pau
le Touquet
Biarritz
Evian
Germany
Wallensee
Alexander R. Sewell
Italy
Stress Golf Club
Lake Maggiore
Peter Gannon
France
Switzerland
Lido
Venice
Rome Golf Club
Count of
Turin
Varese Golf Club
Milan
Sicily
Mondello
Spain
Angel de la Torre
Madrid Golf Club
South—Africa
Cape Province
Durban
Natal
Umkomnas
South Coast
Port Alfred
Cane Province
The
George Golf Club
Outimqua
Tshikapa
Belgian Congo
John W. Langley
Congress
Iuan Langley
Kentucky
Atlanta
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Jersey
Ciliada
Sagan
Canada
R. J. Hall
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herschel Island
Arctic
Eirclé
Hall
Bishop I. C. Stringer
Yukon Territory
Gatun
Panama Canal
Flatbush
Brooklyn
South America
Trate Oficina
Argentina
A. Mackenzie
Snd
Golf
Sweden
Paris
Kulm Club
St. Moritz
Montreux
Lake Geneva
Lucerbio_Golf
Lucerne
Hagadine
Montana
Bobby Jones
Chateau Thierry
United States -Army-Transport
Phierry
Washington Navy Yard
National Museum
Potomac
Washington
Tommy
Geel
Boston Transcript
Pittsburgh
Farmers’ Deposit Bank of Pittsburgh
Benjamin'r. Riggs
Benjamin Steath Riggs
Bucharest
Romania
State Department
J. W. Langley
Heroic Mountaineer
Lender
America
Princess Gate
London
United States
Great Britain
ITP
Morgan
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