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The Southern Ilunois Record
A Good Newspaper is a Power in ttie Home. School, State and Nation
VOLU^Xe VII.
FLORA. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919
NUMBER 26
A Car Load of Chick Feed, Hen Feed, Cracked Com, Dry Nash,
Etc., for hens and chicks has arrived. We have any other kind of feed you may want, or will get it for you. Our prices are RIGHT. Quality Guaranteed. JAY VALBERT COMPANY.
THEY WEAR FRENCH CROSS OF HONOR
Three Flora Boya ot Famous Bat¬ tery Safely Home From Over¬ seas Wearing the Croix de Guerre
Glenn Adduddell, Lyle Brown and Otho VanFossen returned home to Flora last Kriday. They landed from verseason the steamship Kroonland t Newport News, Va., Feb. 19. rhey volunteered in St. Louis, and were assigned to Hattery H of the 5th ReK., U. S. A. They were in the lervice lacking but one month of two years, and were in active service in ranee 17 montlis. Battery H, of which these boys were members, Is ilstfngulshed as the first American .rtlllery command to flre upon the jnemy In battle, and during Its ser¬ ies was continually in tlie figliting hat at last forced the Hun to cry 'Kamarad." Before leaving France he French Government conferred pon every member of the Battery ihe Croix de Guerre, or Iionor decora- Jon, for individual bravery in the lecond battle of the Marne.
Flora is naturally very proud of her three young heroes, and this week is urarmly welcoming them safely home rem the war.
The following general orders ex- lain themselves: jENERAL HEADQUARTERS, 7 July im«.
ORDER V Army (•pncral (itaff Bureau No. » li41-3 or the Fri'iich and Amcrio&n Soldiers of the
IVthArmy: We may be attarked any moment. You all eel that never was a defensive hattie eniraged nder more favoralile conditions. We know hat the attack Is Imminent and we are i-eady or It. We have received uowerful reluforce- lents In Infantry as well as In ArtlUerj-. The ffround you will fiirht on has iM-en. hn)ii(rh your untlrlntr efforts, transferred In-
a redoubtable fortress; this fortre-w will be vlncllile. If each iiassaile Is pi-oiierly de- ended. The iHimhardment will be a violent ne. In one cloud of dust, smoke and ga*. But our ix>9ltlon and material of defense are rmldable. You are free men and your tarts are lirave. No one will l
Object Description
| Title | Southern Illinois Record |
| Masthead | The Southern Illinois Record |
| Date | 1919-03-20 |
| Month | 03 |
| Day | 20 |
| Year | 1919 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 26 |
| Decade | 1910-1919 |
| Geographic Coverage | United States, Illinois, Clay County, Flora |
| Description | An Archive of the Southern Illinois Record Newspaper in Flora, Illinois. Flora Digitial Newspapers Collection. |
| Subject | Flora (Ill.) - Newspapers, Clay County (Ill.) - Newspapers |
| Rights | Digitized with permission from current newspaper publisher. |
| Contributing Institution | Flora Public Library |
| Source | Microfilm |
| Type | Text |
| LCCN number | 9054779 |
Description
| Title | Southern Illinois Record |
| Masthead | The Southern Illinois Record |
| Date | 1919-03-20 |
| Month | 03 |
| Day | 20 |
| Year | 1919 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 26 |
| Decade | 1910-1919 |
| Sequence | 1 |
| Page | 1 |
| FileName | 19190320_001.tif |
| Date Digital | 2007-06-15 |
| Geographic Coverage | United States, Illinois, Clay County, Flora |
| Description | An Archive of the Southern Illinois Record Newspaper in Flora, Illinois. Flora Digitial Newspapers Collection. |
| Subject | Flora (Ill.) - Newspapers, Clay County (Ill.) - Newspapers |
| Rights | Digitized with permission from current newspaper publisher. |
| Contributing Institution | Flora Public Library |
| Source | Microfilm |
| Type | Text |
| LCCN number | 9054779 |
| FullText | The Southern Ilunois Record A Good Newspaper is a Power in ttie Home. School, State and Nation VOLU^Xe VII. FLORA. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919 NUMBER 26 A Car Load of Chick Feed, Hen Feed, Cracked Com, Dry Nash, Etc., for hens and chicks has arrived. We have any other kind of feed you may want, or will get it for you. Our prices are RIGHT. Quality Guaranteed. JAY VALBERT COMPANY. THEY WEAR FRENCH CROSS OF HONOR Three Flora Boya ot Famous Bat¬ tery Safely Home From Over¬ seas Wearing the Croix de Guerre Glenn Adduddell, Lyle Brown and Otho VanFossen returned home to Flora last Kriday. They landed from verseason the steamship Kroonland t Newport News, Va., Feb. 19. rhey volunteered in St. Louis, and were assigned to Hattery H of the 5th ReK., U. S. A. They were in the lervice lacking but one month of two years, and were in active service in ranee 17 montlis. Battery H, of which these boys were members, Is ilstfngulshed as the first American .rtlllery command to flre upon the jnemy In battle, and during Its ser¬ ies was continually in tlie figliting hat at last forced the Hun to cry 'Kamarad." Before leaving France he French Government conferred pon every member of the Battery ihe Croix de Guerre, or Iionor decora- Jon, for individual bravery in the lecond battle of the Marne. Flora is naturally very proud of her three young heroes, and this week is urarmly welcoming them safely home rem the war. The following general orders ex- lain themselves: jENERAL HEADQUARTERS, 7 July im«. ORDER V Army (•pncral (itaff Bureau No. » li41-3 or the Fri'iich and Amcrio&n Soldiers of the IVthArmy: We may be attarked any moment. You all eel that never was a defensive hattie eniraged nder more favoralile conditions. We know hat the attack Is Imminent and we are i-eady or It. We have received uowerful reluforce- lents In Infantry as well as In ArtlUerj-. The ffround you will fiirht on has iM-en. hn)ii(rh your untlrlntr efforts, transferred In- a redoubtable fortress; this fortre-w will be vlncllile. If each iiassaile Is pi-oiierly de- ended. The iHimhardment will be a violent ne. In one cloud of dust, smoke and ga*. But our ix>9ltlon and material of defense are rmldable. You are free men and your tarts are lirave. No one will l |