Newspapers

Illinois Newspaper Project holdings for Crawford County at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Crawford County Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles in the Crawford County USGenWeb Archives - includes extractions from various newspapers (particularly 1906/1907 issues of the Palestine Reporter), marriage announcements, births, etc.

Crawfordites Abroad: 1885, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, and 1896. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Happenings of the years: 1888, 1889, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935 in our city and county. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Old Settlers Meeting in 1888- Article. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Miscellaneous Divorce Extracts 1883 to 1886, 1901, 1917, and 1935. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

A Former Citizen Writes of Early Days in Crawford. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Obituaries in various Crawford County newspapers.

Anniversaries in various Crawford County newspapers.

Duane Gaines' Pioneer Association Talk. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Hutsonville During the War Days - first article from Robinson Constitution about Hutsonville during the Civil War by Hon. H. C. Bell. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Hutsonville During the War Days - second article from Robinson Constitution about Hutsonville during the Civil War by Hon. H. C. Bell. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Hutsonville in the Early Days article by A. J. Haskett from Robinson Constitution. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Silas Malcom 19 Dec 1887 Letter to the Editor of the Robinson Constitution

Partial Article about Old Soldier, Russell Ward. Transcribed by Elayne.

Miscellaneous Articles from the January 10, 1907 edition of the Robinson Constitution. Transcribed by Elayne.

Miscellaneous Articles from the August 31, 1881 edition of the Robinson Argus. Transcribed by Elayne.

Akeman-Price Wedding of June 20, 1926. Transcribed by Cindy McCachern.

1889 Historical Sketch of Mrs. Esther Wells Fulton Dawson. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

April 17th, 1894 elections in Palestine. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Miscellaneous articles from the Hutsonville Herald around the turn of the century. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

More Miscellaneous articles from the Hutsonville Herald. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Miscellaneous articles from the Sullivan Democrat. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Civil War Letters printed in the Robinson Argus. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Miscellaneous articles from the Robinson Daily News. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Bits and Pieces of news from the 1950s. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

A 1915 Robinson Argus article about the Anna Mental Hospital. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Miscellaneous articles from the Wabash Pearl. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Palestine High School Alumni Listing 1889-1919. (While its not really news, its much like the "Abroad" series presented on this page.) Transcribed by Karen Vackert.

Old Settlers Who Have Passed On: 5 Dec 1894 from the Robinson Constitution. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

1910 Old Settlers Meeting - Article. Transcribed by Barbara Dix.

Marriage Licenses, Births, and Deaths from the October 16, 1895 edition of the Robinson Argus. Trascribed by Elayne.

Miscellaneous Notes from the June 18, 1888 edition of the Robinson Argus. Transcribed by Sue Jones.

Incidents in Early Crawford County History Related by Pioneer Citizen by E. A. Wolfe, Robinson (IL) Argus, 6 June 1940. Transcribed by Cindy McCachern.

Robinson Argus & Crawford Argus 1863. Transcribed by Ruth Ann Mostek.

 

This page last updated on March 18, 2022.