Amateur Newspapers
Amateur Newspapers Collection Inventory:
Illinois
This inventory is arranged geographically. Use the links in the side bar
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Aledo |
Enterprise (m) |
1877: Dec. |
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1878: Jan. - Mar. |
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Argyle Park, Chicago |
Mentor (oc) |
1893: June |
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Ashmore |
Prairie Youth (m) |
1884: May |
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Atlanta |
MonitorI (m) |
1885: Nov. - Dec. |
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Aurora |
Aurora Index (m) |
1883: Apr., May |
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Blue Mount |
Prairie Boys |
1880: Feb. |
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Bowensburg |
Illinois Amateur (m) |
1878: Nov. |
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Cairo |
Cairo Tribune (m) |
1878: Jan. . Feb. |
| IL |
Cairo |
Egyptian Star (m) |
1877: Oct. . Dec. |
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1878: Jan, Feb., Apr., June . Sept. |
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1879: Apr., June, July |
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1880: Jan. . July |
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1881: Jan. |
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Cairo |
Golden Hours (m) |
1878: Feb. |
| IL |
Cairo |
Illuminator (m) |
1878: Mar. |
| IL |
Cairo |
Item (m) |
1877: Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . Feb. |
| IL |
Cairo |
Knight Errant (m) |
1877: Oct. . Dec. |
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1878: Feb. . Apr., carrier.s address |
| IL |
Carbondale |
Carbondale Criterion (w) |
1878: Apr. 16 |
| IL |
Carbondale |
Egyptian Amateur (m) |
1876: July |
| IL |
Carbondale |
Illinoian (m) |
1893: Aug. . Nov. |
| IL |
Carbondale |
Young American (w,m) |
1877: Jan. |
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1879: Oct. 1, 15 |
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1880: Apr. 8, July 8, 22, Aug. 12, Sept, Nov., Dec. |
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1881: Jan., Feb. |
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Chicago |
Amateur Alert (?) |
1876: Nov. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Companion (m) |
1877: May, June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Monthly (m) |
1876: Mar, Apr., Aug. . Nov. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur News |
1878: Jan. . May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Press (m) |
1877: Oct. . Dec. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Printing Press (q) |
1877: Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . Sept. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Reporter (?) |
1884: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur Writer (bm) |
1890: May . Dec. |
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1891: Jan. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Amateur.s Journal (m) |
1878: Apr. 15 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Ariel (oc) |
1898: Sept. . Dec. |
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1899: Jan. . July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Between-the-acts (?) |
1897: Jan. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Bohemia (bm) |
1894: Sept. . Nov. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Brilliant |
1876: June, Nov. |
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1877: Mar./Apr. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Carroll Bros. Gazette (m) |
1877: Oct. . Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . Mar. 15 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Centennial Issue (?) |
1876: July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Campaign (oc) |
1899: Jan. . June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicago Amateur (ir) |
1897: Aug. |
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1898: Sept.- Dec. |
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1899: Jan. . Dec. |
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1900: Jan. . Mar., May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicago Star (m) |
1886: May, Aug. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicagoan (m) |
1884: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicagoan (m) |
1887: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicagoan (m) |
1895: Nov. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Clique (?) |
1896: Feb. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Club (m) |
1877: Dec. |
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1878: Jan. 15, Apr. . June |
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1884: June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Commentator (oc) |
1886: Sept. . Dec. |
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1887: Jan. . July/Aug. |
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1888: Jan, May, Sept. |
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1889: Jan. . May, Oct. |
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1890: Sept. . Dec. |
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1891: Jan. . Oct. |
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1892: Aug., Sept. |
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1898: Sept. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Cricket (oc) |
1899: July . Dec. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Criterion (?) |
1890: Aug. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Criterion (m) |
1886: Feb., suppl., June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Critic (bm) |
1899: July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Critique (q) |
1898: June . Sept. |
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1899: Apr. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Crusader (ir) |
1898: Oct. . Dec. |
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1899: Jan. . Sept. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Drake.s Miscellany (m) |
1888: Aug. |
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1889: Jan. . Apr./May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Echoes of the Board (m) |
1877: Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Editor.s Eye (m) |
1878: Nov. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Epocha (bm) |
1899: Jan. . Mar. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Eusama (m) |
1893: Dec. |
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1894: Jan. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Exchange Journal (m) |
1887: Sept. . Dec. |
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1888: Jan. . Mar., Sept.- Dec. |
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1889: Jan. . Mar. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Fin de Siecle (?) |
1899: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Garden City Monthly (m) |
1878: Feb. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Geranium |
1895: July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Germania (m) |
1890: Jan. . Apr. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Lakeside Herald (m) |
1884: Aug. . Sept./Oct. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Leaflet (m) |
1885: June, Oct. & suppl. |
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1886: Apr. . Dec. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Leisure Moments (m) |
1877: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Literarian (m) |
1885: Sept. |
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1886: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Little Men (m) |
1871: Sept., Oct. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Locomotive |
1872: Apr., May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Midget (m) |
1884: June . Oct. |
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1885: Mar. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Monthly Casket (m) |
1878: Feb. . May, July, Aug. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Monthly Chronicle (m) |
1876: Aug. 20 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Monthly Gleanings (m) |
1893: Mar. 15, Apr. 15 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Opinion (ir) |
1892: Mar. . Dec. |
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1893: Jan. . Dec. |
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1894: Jan. . Sept. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Our Boys (m) |
1870: Oct. |
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1871: Apr. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Our Knight Errant (?) |
1886: Jan. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Outlook (oc) |
1899: Jan. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Premier (?) |
1898: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Raven (oc) |
1897: July - Feb. 1899 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Reason (oc) |
1893: May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Rising Age (oc) |
1898: Jan. . Dec. |
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1899: Jan. . Dec. |
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1900: Jan. . June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Sans Gene (ir) |
1899: Mar. . Dec. |
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1900: Jan. . Dec. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Terror |
1878: July |
| IL |
Chicago |
Thunderbolt (m) |
1878: Oct. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Timely Topics (bw) |
1897: Aug. 7 |
| IL |
Chicago |
Union Park Advertiser (?) |
1878: June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Volcano (m) |
1877: Nov., Dec. |
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1878: May, June |
| IL |
Chicago |
Young Advertiser (m) |
1876: Jan, Feb., Apr., May |
| IL |
Chicago |
Young Industry (m) |
1871: Dec. |
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1872: May, June, Aug. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Young Chicago (m) |
1872: Aug. . Sept. |
| IL |
Chicago |
Volcano |
1878: June |
| IL |
Clayton |
Illinois Amateur |
1879: July |
| IL |
Cobden |
Enterprise (w) |
1876: Mar. 25 |
| IL |
Danville |
Courier (?) |
1872: Nov. |
| IL |
Danville |
Sunbeam (?) |
1876: May |
| IL |
Danville |
Western Gem (m) |
1877: Sept. |
| IL |
Danville |
Our Posers. Pride |
1880: Jan. |
| IL |
Decatur |
Weekly Nuncio |
1880: July 14 |
| IL |
Edwen |
Illinois Amateur |
1879: Mar. |
| IL |
Elgin |
Caxton (m) |
1878: Mar. . May |
| IL |
Evanston |
Pirate (bm) |
1898: June . Dec. |
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1899: Jan. . Dec. |
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1900: Jan. . Feb. |
| IL |
Froreston |
Youths. Herald (m) |
1872: Aug. |
| IL |
Galesburg |
American (m) |
1884: Nov. |
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1885: Jan., Feb. |
| IL |
Galesburg |
Illinois Globe (m) |
1884: Jan. |
| IL |
Galesburg |
Ink Drops (m) |
1884: Sept. |
| IL |
Galesburg |
Olio (m) |
1875: July, Aug. |
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Grayville |
Youngster (m) |
1874: Dec. |
| IL |
La Harpe |
Argonaut (m) |
1883: Sept/Oct. |
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1884: June |
| IL |
La Harpe |
Nucleolus (m) |
1884: Dec. |
| IL |
La Salle |
Semi-Occasional Cedar Pointer (ir) |
1898: May . Dec. |
| IL |
Lockport |
Young Idea (?) |
1883: Nov. |
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1884: Mar. |
| IL |
Macomb |
Our Goat (m) |
1886: June |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Amateur Adelphi (m) |
1877: Nov., Dec. |
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1878: Jan., Feb. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Amateur Advertiser (m) |
1877: Nov. . Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . Feb. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Ivory Independent (m) |
1878: Apr. . Aug., Dec. |
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1879: Jan. . Mar., May .June |
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1880: Feb., Mar. |
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1881: Jan., Feb. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Odds and Ends (m) |
1878: Mar. . June |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Our Courier (m) |
1877: Nov. . Dec. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Prairie Flower (m) |
1878: Feb. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Prairie State Amateur (m) |
1878: Mar. . May |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Satellite (m?) |
1878: May, Aug. |
| IL |
Mattoon |
Ivory Independent |
1878: July |
| IL |
Maywood |
Gleaner (m) |
18884: Feb, May & suppl., July, Aug. |
| IL |
Maywood |
Illinois State Amateur (q) |
1885: Oct. |
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1886: Jan. |
| IL |
Maywood |
Northern Star (m) |
1884: Mar . May, July/Aug. |
| IL |
Maywood |
Our Free Lance (m) |
1885: Jan. . Mar. |
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1893: Jan. . Mar. |
| IL |
Maywood |
Our Quill (?) |
1884: Nov. |
| IL |
Maywood |
Our Sanctum (?) |
1884: Apr., June, Aug. |
| IL |
McLean |
Bee (m) |
1884: Jan. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Amateur Recruit (?) |
1885: Oct. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Little Clipper (m) |
1886: July, Aug. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Our Skirmisher (m) |
1878: Apr. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Our Western Youth (?) |
1878: Feb. 20 |
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1879: June |
| IL |
Mendota |
Telegram (m) |
1884: May, June, Sept. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Thunderbolt (m) |
1884: Sept. |
| IL |
Mendota |
Our Western Youth |
1879: July |
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Millersburg |
Jakey (m) |
1878: Mar. |
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Moline |
Editorial (oc) |
1900: Dec. |
| IL |
Moline |
Monthly Doings (m) |
1876: Feb. |
| IL |
Moline |
Mystic Record (m) |
1894: Aug, Sept. |
| IL |
Mount Carroll |
Amateur Globe (m) |
1880: Jan., Feb. |
| IL |
Mt. Carroll |
Amateur Star (m) |
1879: Apr. |
| IL |
Mt. Carroll |
Illinois State Amateur (m) |
1880: Jan, Feb. |
| IL |
Mt. Carroll |
Weekly Advocate |
1879: May 3, 24 . Aug. 2 |
| IL |
Mt. Carroll |
Illinois State Amateur |
1879: Nov. |
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1881: Jan. |
| IL |
Mt. Sterling |
Illinois Amateur (m) |
1881: Aug. |
| IL |
Naperville |
Ray (m) |
1878: May- July |
| IL |
Naperville |
Ray (m?) |
1888: Feb. . Apr/May |
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1889: May |
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Ottawa |
Hornet (m) |
1886: May . July/Aug. |
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1887: Dec. |
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1888: Jan. |
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Plattville |
Little Jokes (m) |
1882: Jan. |
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Quincy |
Commonwealth (bm) |
1891: May . July |
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Rock Island |
Friend (w) |
1884: July 21 . Aug. 11 |
| IL |
Rockford |
Curiosity Hunter (?) |
1877: Sept. |
| IL |
Rogers Park |
Amateur Journalist (m) |
1892: Aug. |
| IL |
Rosamond |
Amateur Magazines (Will Clemens) |
1877 |
| IL |
Shelbyville |
Young Printer (m) |
1884: May, June |
| IL |
Springfield |
Weekly Review (w) |
1873: June 13 |
| IL |
Sycamore |
Amateur Advance (m) |
1877: Oct - Dec. |
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1878: Jan., Feb. |
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Taylorville |
Full Moon (bw) |
1878: Apr. 8- May 7 |
| IL |
Taylorville |
Mirrors. Mirror (m) |
1877: Sept. . Dec. 16 |
| IL |
Taylorville |
Reporter (?) |
1878: May 10 |
| IL |
Upper Alton |
Amateur Age (m) |
1873: Jan. . Apr. |
| IL |
Urbana |
Young America (m) |
1872: July, Aug. |
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Warsaw |
Argus (m) |
1877: Oct. . Dec. |
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1878: Jan. . Aug., Oct., Nov. |
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1879: Apr., May |
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Warsaw |
Argus |
1878: Sept., Dec. |
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1879: Feb. |
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Waukegan |
Monthly Junior (m) |
1876: Mar. |
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