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Local Newspapers for the Oblong Cemetery ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Oblong Cemetery.

Our newspaper information for the Oblong 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of the Oblong 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 Oblong Cemetery.

  • Published In Oblong
    • Oblong Ledger (from Oblong Ledger)
    • Oblong Ledger (from Oblong Ledger)
    • Oblong Oracle (from Oblong Oracle)
    • The Oblong Gem (from The Oblong Gem)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Oblong.
  • Published In Stoy
  • Published In Willow Hill   [Jasper County, IL]
  • Published In Robinson
    • Oblong Ledger (from Crawford Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  Crawford Bulletin to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054047
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23459067
    • Oblong Ledger (from Crawford County Bulletin)
      • Years of publication:  Crawford County Bulletin to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054048
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23459130
    • Oblong Oracle (from Crawford County Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Crawford County Republican to 1905
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Oracle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95066007
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31878725
    • The Oblong Gem (from Daily News)
    • The Evidence (from Robinson Daily News)
      • Years of publication:  Robinson Daily News to 1983
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Evidence
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054056
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23676115
    • Willow Hill Echo (from Robinson Gazette)
    • The Sainte Marie Tribune (from The Constitution)
    • Crawford Bulletin (from The Crawford County Argus)
    • Crawford County Bulletin (from The Daily Constitution)
    • Crawford County Republican (from The Daily Robinson Constitution)
    • Daily News (from The National Era)
      • The first year of publication was in The National Era, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054050
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23459243
    • Robinson Daily News (from The Robinson Argus And Crawford County Republican)
      • Years of publication:  The Robinson Argus And Crawford County Republican to 1906
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Robinson Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054046
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23448750
    • Robinson Gazette (from The Robinson Argus)
    • The Constitution (from The Robinson Argus)
    • The Crawford County Argus (from The Robinson Constitution)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Robinson.
  • Published In Sainte Marie   [Jasper County, IL]
  • Published In Annapolis
  • Published In Duncanville
  • Published In Flat Rock
  • Published In Newton   [Jasper County, IL]
    • Oblong Ledger (from Jasper County Newton Press-mentor)
      • Years of publication:  Jasper County Newton Press-mentor to 1999
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054876
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22938938
    • Oblong Ledger (from Newton Mentor)
      • The first year of publication was in Newton Mentor, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oblong Ledger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054867
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22901654
    • Oblong Oracle (from Newton Press-mentor)
    • The Oblong Gem (from Newton Press-mentor)
    • The Evidence (from Newton Times-mentor)
      • Years of publication:  Newton Times-mentor to 188?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Evidence
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054866
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22897890
    • Willow Hill Echo (from Newton Weekly Press)
    • The Sainte Marie Tribune (from The Democratic Watchman)
    • Crawford Bulletin (from The Jasper County Clipper)
    • Crawford County Bulletin (from The Jasper County Times)
    • Crawford County Republican (from The Jasper Democrat)
    • Daily News (from The Mentor-Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  The Mentor-Democrat to 1959
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054875
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22938820
    • Robinson Daily News (from The Newton Enquirer)
    • Robinson Gazette (from The Newton Press)
    • The Constitution (from The Newton Weekly Press)
    • The Crawford County Argus (from The Western Star)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Newton.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oblong Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0012, Longitude: -87.9003       In this case, the coordinates for the Oblong Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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