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Local Newspapers for the Ridge Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Ridge 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 18 miles [29 km]<1> of the Ridge 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 Ridge Cemetery.

  • Published In Cowden
  • Published In Herrick
  • Published In Tower Hill
  • Published In Oconee
  • Published In Pana   [Christian County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Pana Daily Beacon Light)
      • The first year of publication was in Pana Daily Beacon Light, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Cowden Reflector
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054609
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865769
    • The Tower Hill Breeze (from Pana Gazette)
    • Tower Hill Times (from Pana Morning Gazette)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from Pana News-Palladium)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from Pana Palladium)
    • Pana Daily Beacon Light (from Pana Weekly Democratic Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in Pana Weekly Democratic Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Daily Beacon Light
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054607
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865712
    • Pana Gazette (from Pana Weekly News)
      • Years of publication:  Pana Weekly News to 1933
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054835
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22646558
    • Pana Morning Gazette (from The Daily Palladium)
    • Pana News-Palladium (from The Daily Palladium)
    • Pana Palladium (from The Daily Palladium)
    • Pana Weekly Democratic Herald (from The Pana Daily Palladium)
    • Pana Weekly News (from The Pana Daily Palladium)
      • The first year of publication was in The Pana Daily Palladium, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Weekly News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054830
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22645876
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Pana Evening Gazette)
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Pana Evening Palladium)
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Pana Gazette)
    • The Pana Daily Palladium (from The Pana News)
    • The Pana Daily Palladium (from The Pana Palladium)
    • The Pana Evening Gazette (from The Pana Palladium)
    • The Pana Evening Palladium (from The Pana Weekly Palladium)
    • The Pana Gazette (from The Weekly Palladium)
    • The Pana News (from Weekly Pana Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Weekly Pana Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pana News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054608
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865743
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Pana.
  • Published In Shelbyville
    • Cowden Reflector (from Central Illinois Times)
    • The Tower Hill Breeze (from Home And Fireside)
    • Tower Hill Times (from Shelby Banner)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from Shelby County Leader)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from Shelby County Union)
    • Pana Daily Beacon Light (from Shelby Herald)
    • Pana Gazette (from Shelbyville Banner)
      • Years of publication:  Shelbyville Banner to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082356
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15320791
    • Pana Morning Gazette (from Shelbyville Daily News)
    • Pana News-Palladium (from Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • Pana Palladium (from Shelbyville News)
    • Pana Weekly Democratic Herald (from The Card Printer's Monthly)
    • Pana Weekly News (from The Daily Union)
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Illustrated Baptist)
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Okaw Democrat)
    • The Daily Palladium (from The Shelby County Independent)
    • The Pana Daily Palladium (from The Shelbyville Daily Democrat)
    • The Pana Daily Palladium (from The Shelbyville Daily Union)
    • The Pana Evening Gazette (from The Shelbyville Democrat-News)
    • The Pana Evening Palladium (from The Shelbyville Democrat)
    • The Pana Gazette (from The Shelbyville Union)
    • The Pana News (from Weekly Okaw Patriot)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Shelbyville.
  • Published In Ramsey   [Fayette County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Ramsey News-Journal)
    • The Tower Hill Breeze (from The Fayette County News)
      • The first year of publication was in The Fayette County News, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Tower Hill Breeze
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054465
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25188008
    • Tower Hill Times (from The Ramsey Democrat)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from The Ramsey News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Ramsey.
  • Published In Assumption   [Christian County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Evening Gazette)
    • The Tower Hill Breeze (from The Assumption Independent)
    • Tower Hill Times (from The Assumption Independent)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from The Assumption News)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from The Assumption Press)
    • Pana Daily Beacon Light (from The Assumption Record)
    • Pana Gazette (from The Prairie State Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Prairie State Tribune to 1977
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054610
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865808
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Assumption.
  • Published In Stewardson
  • Published In Strasburg
  • Published In Findlay
  • Published In Nokomis   [Montgomery County, IL]
    • Cowden Reflector (from Deutsch-Amerikaner)
    • The Tower Hill Breeze (from Free Press)
    • Tower Hill Times (from The Free Press-Gazette)
    • Herrick Bulletin (from The Free Press-Progress)
    • The Herrick Reporter (from The Nokomis Gazette)
    • Pana Daily Beacon Light (from The Nokomis News)
    • Pana Gazette (from The Nokomis Progress)
      • Years of publication:  The Nokomis Progress to 1918
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pana Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054573
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23350198
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Nokomis.

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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ridge Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3006, Longitude: -88.9326       In this case, the coordinates for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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