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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1916

Page

7

University YMCA Secretary On Mexican Border Service

Secretary R. M. Guess of the University of Georgia YMCA reports from the Mexican border camps. He details Y M C A facilities, staff, and programs aiding troops, including 40 by 80 foot wooden buildings, daily materials, movies, social events, and religious services. He notes over ninety secretaries, thirty buildings, and a fundraising goal of about $200000. He plans to return to Georgia by September 16.

R. M. Guess University of Georgia Young Men’s Christian Association North Carolina Old Miss Mississippi Georgia Sptember

Forecast For Fall Football Season In 1916

The 1916 college football season opens September 16 with many inter sectional games and a record total of over thirteen hundred college contests nationwide. Harvard Yale Army Navy loom large as Franklin Field and the Berkeley gridiron host marquee clashes.

Associated Press New York Carlisle Indian School Eleven Columbia University New Haven Army-Navy Syracuse Ohio Army Washington and Lee Yale Virginia Harvard North Carolina Illinois Colgate Minnesota North Dakota Virginia Poly Georgetown Dartmouth Michigan Pennsylvania Cornell Notre Dame Missouri Texas West Virginia Bucknell Pacific Coast University Middle West East California University of California Berkeley Corneil Princeton Navy Tennessee Chicago Wisconsin Pittsburgh North South Dakota University of Florida Vanderbilt Washington Jefferson South Carolina Yales Brown Ann Arbor South California Oregon Aggies Tulane New Orleans Southern California Arizona Tucson

Governor Harris Receives Child’s Letter About Release

A letter from Bessie Lucile Stripling praising Governor Nat E. Harris for releasing her father is kept by the governor. The note describes joy at the father’s return, gratitude for the promise kept, and a wish for Harris to be governor for life. The child asks God to bless him as she signs with her full name and address.

Atlanta Nat E. Harris Little Bessie Lucile Stripling Harris Papa Govener Harris Govener Bessie Lucile Stribpling 1100 31St Street

The Best Laxative For Daily Bowel Regularity

Outdoor exercise keeps the bowels moving daily and a full glass of water before breakfast plus plenty of fruit and vegetables support regularity. If medicine is needed, Chamberlain's Tablets are pleasant and mild, available everywhere.

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