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Local Newspapers for the Simms Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Simms 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 Simms 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 Simms Cemetery.

  • Published In Clayton   [Adams County, IL]
  • Published In Augusta   [Hancock County, IL]
    • The Clayton Enterprise (from Augusta Herald)
    • The Clayton Standard (from Augusta Times)
    • The Daily Clayton Enterprise (from Augusta Weekly Banner)
    • Augusta Herald (from Eagle-scribe)
    • Augusta Times (from The Augusta Eagle)
      • Years of publication:  The Augusta Eagle to 2000
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86063839
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13474539
    • Augusta Weekly Banner (from The Augusta Weekly Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Augusta.
  • Published In Golden   [Adams County, IL]
  • Published In Mount Sterling   [Brown County, IL]
    • The Clayton Enterprise (from Brown County Democrat)
    • The Clayton Standard (from Brown County Republican)
    • The Daily Clayton Enterprise (from Illinois Weekly Message)
    • Augusta Herald (from Mount Sterling Examiner)
      • Years of publication:  Mount Sterling Examiner to 189?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054559
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25693161
    • Augusta Times (from Mount Sterling Union)
      • Years of publication:  Mount Sterling Union to 1863
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054536
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25691955
    • Augusta Weekly Banner (from Mt. Sterling Chronotype)
      • The first year of publication was in Mt. Sterling Chronotype, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Weekly Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054554
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25896295
    • Eagle-scribe (from Mt. Sterling Democrat)
      • Years of publication:  Mt. Sterling Democrat to 185?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eagle-scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054553
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25896240
    • The Augusta Eagle (from Prairie Democrat)
    • The Augusta Weekly Times (from The Brown County Democrat-Message)
    • The Golden New Era (from The Brown County Gazette)
    • Brown County Democrat (from The Democrat-Message)
    • Brown County Republican (from The Examiner)
    • Illinois Weekly Message (from The Mount Sterling Record)
    • Mount Sterling Examiner (from The Mt. Sterling Examiner)
    • Mount Sterling Union (from The Prairie Pioneer)
    • Mt. Sterling Chronotype (from The Western Spy)
    • Mt. Sterling Democrat (from Weekly Gazette)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mount Sterling.
  • Published In Bowen   [Hancock County, IL]
  • Published In Plymouth   [Hancock County, IL]
  • Published In Coatsburg   [Adams County, IL]
  • Published In Rushville
    • The Clayton Enterprise (from Illinois Republican)
    • The Clayton Standard (from Prairie Telegraph)
    • The Daily Clayton Enterprise (from Rushville Journal And Military Tract Advertiser)
    • Augusta Herald (from Rushville Journal)
    • Augusta Times (from Rushville Phoenix)
      • Years of publication:  Rushville Phoenix to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Augusta Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082115
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15272079
    • Augusta Weekly Banner (from Rushville Times)
    • Eagle-scribe (from Rushville Weekly Times)
      • Years of publication:  Rushville Weekly Times to 1868
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eagle-scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082133
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15293426
    • The Augusta Eagle (from Rushville Whig)
      • The first year of publication was in Rushville Whig, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Augusta Eagle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082354
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15303335
    • The Augusta Weekly Times (from Schuyler Advocate)
    • The Golden New Era (from The Mite Record)
      • The first year of publication was in The Mite Record, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Golden New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054530
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25563907
    • Brown County Democrat (from The Political Examiner)
    • Brown County Republican (from The Rushville Times And Schuyler County Herald)
    • Illinois Weekly Message (from The Rushville Times)
    • Mount Sterling Examiner (from The Rushville Times)
    • Mount Sterling Union (from The Rushville Times)
    • Mt. Sterling Chronotype (from The Schuyler Citizen)
    • Mt. Sterling Democrat (from The Schuyler News)
    • Prairie Democrat (from The Test)
    • The Brown County Democrat-Message (from Weekly Rushville Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Rushville.

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 things 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 Simms Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1192, Longitude: -90.8678    









 

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