Okay, here goes nothing.
I've compiled the series of Ben Nicholls articles from the Philadelphia Ledger in early 1916 that document his travels designing courses outside the US. Unfortunately the first article I can't get a good photocopy off the microfilm so it is difficult (painful?!) to read. But I it just a overview article of what it to come, so it isn't the most interesting of the series.
The date of this first article is February 13, 1916.
The 2nd in the series talks about designing a couple of courses in France. Here the quality of the document is much better.
The date of this article is February 20, 1916.
The date of this article is February 27, 1916. Here Nicholls describes his adventures laying out the first golf course in Italy.
The date of this article is March 5, 1916, and describes laying a course in the Spanish island of La Toka:
The date of the 5th article in the series is March 12, 1915, and covers him renovating the first course in Africa (Alexandria), then building a 9 hole course in Suez.
The 6th article in the series, dated March 19, 1916, describes building the first of two courses in Portugal, this one in Lisbon:
The next article, dated March 23, 1916, describes the 2nd course in Portugal, in Oborto:
The 8th piece (April 2, 1916) covers when golf began to grow in Europe, as well as designing a little chip and putt in Germany:
The 9th article (April 9, 1916) describes Mr. Nicholls getting to know an Indian Prince and teaching him the game, as well as drawing out the design for a course in India for him on paper just based upon photographs and descriptions of the land. He also talks that he added nine holes to a course in Nashville, TN, in 1909 (I have no idea what course that could be, but certainly supports the possibility he did the original 9, if not more, at Inverness before Ross came along!).
The last wrap-up article is next.