Local Newspapers for the Bales Cemetery ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Bales Cemetery.
Our newspaper information for the Bales Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.
We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.
The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Bales Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Bales Cemetery.
- Published In Lerna
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from Lerna Weekly Eagle)
- The Shelby County Leader (from The Shelby County Leader)
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- Published In Neoga [Cumberland County, IL]
- Published In Mattoon
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from Daily Journal-Gazette And Commercial-Star)
- The Shelby County Leader (from Ivory Independent)
- The Neoga News (from Journal Gazette)
- Cumberland County Farm Bureau News (from Journal Gazette)
- The Democrat (from Mattoon Commercial-Star)
- Years of publication: Mattoon Commercial-Star to 1919
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054904
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21480264
- The Toledo Argus (from Mattoon Daily Journal)
- The Toledo Democrat (from Mattoon Gazette)
- The Toledo Express (from Mattoon Illinois Journal Gazette)
- The Toledo Herald (from Mattoon Independent Gazette)
- The Toledo Republican (from Mattoon Journal Gazette)
- Toledo Weekly Express (from Mattoon Journal-Gazette)
- Daily Journal-Gazette And Commercial-Star (from Mattoon Morning Star)
- Ivory Independent (from Mattoon Radical Republican)
- Journal Gazette (from Mattoon Weekly Gazette)
- Journal Gazette (from Mattoon Weekly Journal)
- Mattoon Commercial-Star (from The Daily Commercial)
- Mattoon Daily Journal (from The Daily Journal-Gazette)
- Mattoon Gazette (from The Daily Journal-Gazette)
- Mattoon Illinois Journal Gazette (from The Mattoon Commercial)
- Mattoon Independent Gazette (from The Mattoon Daily Herald)
- Mattoon Journal Gazette (from The Mattoon Journal)
- Mattoon Journal-Gazette (from The Mattoon Star)
- Mattoon Morning Star (from The Sunday Commercial)
- Mattoon Radical Republican (from Weekly Journal-Gazette)
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- Published In Toledo [Cumberland County, IL]
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from Cumberland County Farm Bureau News)
- The Shelby County Leader (from The Democrat)
- The Neoga News (from The Toledo Argus)
- Cumberland County Farm Bureau News (from The Toledo Democrat)
- The Democrat (from The Toledo Express)
- The Toledo Argus (from The Toledo Herald)
- The Toledo Democrat (from The Toledo Republican)
- The Toledo Express (from Toledo Weekly Express)
- The first year of publication was in Toledo Weekly Express, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Toledo Express
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054811
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22537453
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- Published In Charleston
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from Charleston Courier)
- The Shelby County Leader (from Charleston Courier)
- The Neoga News (from Charleston Daily Plaindealer)
- Cumberland County Farm Bureau News (from Charleston Plain Dealer)
- The Democrat (from Charleston Plaindealer)
- The Toledo Argus (from Charleston Town Crier)
- The Toledo Democrat (from Coles County Daily Times-Courier)
- The Toledo Express (from Coles County Daily Times)
- The Toledo Herald (from Coles County Times-Courier)
- The Toledo Republican (from Eastern News)
- Toledo Weekly Express (from Eastern State News)
- Daily Journal-Gazette And Commercial-Star (from Eastern Teachers News)
- Ivory Independent (from Eastern's Teachers College News)
- Journal Gazette (from Fertilizer)
- Journal Gazette (from Normal School News)
- Mattoon Commercial-Star (from Prospectus)
- Mattoon Daily Journal (from Rough And Ready)
- Mattoon Gazette (from Salt)
- The first year of publication was in Salt, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mattoon Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054920
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21491971
- Mattoon Illinois Journal Gazette (from Teachers' College News)
- Mattoon Independent Gazette (from The Charleston Courier-News)
- Mattoon Journal Gazette (from The Charleston Courier)
- Mattoon Journal-Gazette (from The Charleston Daily Courier)
- Mattoon Morning Star (from The Charleston Daily News And Plaindealer-Herald)
- Mattoon Radical Republican (from The Charleston Daily News)
- Mattoon Weekly Gazette (from The Charleston Plaindealer)
- Mattoon Weekly Journal (from The Charleston Tribune)
- The Daily Commercial (from The Charleston Weekly Courier)
- The Daily Journal-Gazette (from The Charleston Weekly News)
- The Daily Journal-Gazette (from The Coles County Ledger)
- The Mattoon Commercial (from The Courier)
- The Mattoon Daily Herald (from The Daily Courier)
- The Mattoon Journal (from The Daily Eastern News)
- The Mattoon Star (from The Daily Eastern News)
- The Sunday Commercial (from The Daily Plaindealer-Herald)
- Weekly Journal-Gazette (from The Evening Courier)
- Charleston Courier (from The Illinois Globe)
- Charleston Courier (from The Morning Ledger Messenger)
- Charleston Daily Plaindealer (from The Reporter)
- Charleston Plain Dealer (from The Republican)
- Charleston Plaindealer (from Times-Courier)
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- Published In Greenup [Cumberland County, IL]
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from Cumberland Transcript)
- The first year of publication was in Cumberland Transcript, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lerna Weekly Eagle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054112
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22142020
- The Shelby County Leader (from Greenup Press)
- The Neoga News (from Greenup Tribune)
- The first year of publication was in Greenup Tribune, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Neoga News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054120
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22142378
- Cumberland County Farm Bureau News (from The Cumberland Times)
- The Democrat (from The Cumberland Tribune)
- The Toledo Argus (from The Greenup Expositor)
- The Toledo Democrat (from The Greenup Mail)
- The Toledo Express (from The Greenup Post)
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- Published In Sigel [Shelby County, IL]
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from The Sigel Advocate)
- The Shelby County Leader (from The Sigel Review)
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- Published In Strasburg [Shelby County, IL]
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bales Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3756, Longitude: -88.3203 In this case, the coordinates for the Bales Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |