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Local Newspapers for the Ward Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Ward 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 Ward 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 Ward Cemetery.

  • Published In Creal Springs
  • Published In Goreville   [Johnson County, IL]
  • Published In Marion
    • Creal Springs News (from Marion Daily Leader)
    • Goreville Record (from Marion Democrat)
    • Marion Daily Leader (from Marion Independent)
    • Marion Democrat (from Marion Intelligencer)
    • Marion Independent (from Marion Semi-Weekly Leader)
    • Marion Intelligencer (from Marion Weekly Leader)
    • Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (from Our Flag)
    • Marion Weekly Leader (from Our Flag)
    • Our Flag (from The Egyptian Press)
      • Years of publication:  The Egyptian Press to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055624
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27689070
    • Our Flag (from The Farmers' Advocate)
      • Years of publication:  The Farmers' Advocate to 1874
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95068665
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 33296962
    • The Egyptian Press (from The Illinois Baptist)
    • The Farmers' Advocate (from The Leader)
    • The Illinois Baptist (from The Marion Daily Republican)
    • The Leader (from The Marion Evening Post)
      • Years of publication:  The Marion Evening Post to 194?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082808
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15901757
    • The Marion Daily Republican (from The Marion Flag)
    • The Marion Evening Post (from The Marion Monitor)
    • The Marion Flag (from The Marion Post)
    • The Marion Monitor (from The Marion Record)
    • The Marion Post (from The Marion Weekly Flag)
    • The Marion Record (from The People's Friend)
    • The Marion Weekly Flag (from The Twice-A-Week Egyptian Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Marion.
  • Published In New Burnside   [Johnson County, IL]
  • Published In Carterville
  • Published In Johnston City
    • Creal Springs News (from Johnston City Progress)
    • Goreville Record (from The Herald)
    • Marion Daily Leader (from The Progress)
    • Marion Democrat (from The Twice-A-Week Williamson County News)
      • Years of publication:  The Twice-A-Week Williamson County News to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Marion Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082797
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15876744
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Johnston City.
  • Published In Herrin
    • Creal Springs News (from Herrin Daily Journal)
    • Goreville Record (from Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald)
    • Marion Daily Leader (from Herrin Spokesman)
    • Marion Democrat (from Illinois Democrat)
    • Marion Independent (from La Tribuna Italiana)
    • Marion Intelligencer (from Southern Illinoisan)
    • Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (from The Daily Journal)
    • Marion Weekly Leader (from The Egyptian Democrat)
    • Our Flag (from The Egyptian Republican)
      • Years of publication:  The Egyptian Republican to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92055159
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26379911
    • Our Flag (from The Herrin Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Herrin Journal to 1926
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2006061006
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 68906266
    • The Egyptian Press (from The Herrin News)
    • The Farmers' Advocate (from The Weekly Ad-Viser)
    • The Illinois Baptist (from The Workers' Digest)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Herrin.
  • Published In Vienna   [Johnson County, IL]
    • Creal Springs News (from Egyptian Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Egyptian Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Creal Springs News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055604
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27466777
    • Goreville Record (from Johnson County Journal)
    • Marion Daily Leader (from The Egyptian Artery)
    • Marion Democrat (from The Johnson County Herald)
      • Years of publication:  The Johnson County Herald to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Marion Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055599
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27456239
    • Marion Independent (from The Johnson County Yeoman)
    • Marion Intelligencer (from The Reformer)
    • Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (from The Union Courier)
    • Marion Weekly Leader (from The Vienna Artery)
    • Our Flag (from The Vienna Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Vienna Times to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055606
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27471996
    • Our Flag (from Vienna Weekly Times)
      • Years of publication:  Vienna Weekly Times to 189?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Our Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055605
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27471803
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Vienna.

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 Ward Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6225, Longitude: -88.9112       In this case, the coordinates for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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