Newspapers Past and
Present
Clough Family Newspaper Articles
Misc Newspaper Articles
Present Day Newspapers of Henry County:
Kewanee Star Courier [Obits]
Cambridge Chronicle
Geneseo Republic
Orion Gazette
Papers in surrounding areas which also have Henry county obituaries or other information
Bureau County Republican
Moline Dispatch/Rock Island Argus
Peoria Journal-Star [obit briefs under "Matters of Record"]
Newspapers Known to Have Operated In Henry County
This listing may not be complete. Dates are based upon information from various sources (clearly if you have an
obit dated 1896 from a newspaper you know they were in operation in that year). Some are basically the same
newspaper with a slight name change or switching back and forth from daily to weekly, etc.
| Name of Publication |
Approximate dates of operation |
| Cambridge Chronicle |
at least 1878-present |
| (Cambridge) Daily Chief |
1875 to ?? |
| (Cambridge) Fair Budget |
1876-1877 |
| Galva News |
1916 to ?? |
| Galva Union |
1865-1866 |
| Galva Weekly News |
1879-1915 |
| Galva Weekly Standard |
1886-1887 |
| Galva Standard |
1881-1886 and 1887-1915 |
| Geneseo Daily Arena |
unknown but was in business in 1896 |
| Geneseo Daily News |
unknown but was in business 1905 |
| Geneseo Enterprise |
unknown but was in business 1906 - 1907 |
| Geneseo Journal |
1860-1860 |
| Geneseo News |
1887-19?? |
| Geneseo Republic & Henry Co. News |
1856-1859 |
| Geneseo Republic |
1859-present |
| Geneseo Sun |
1879-1883 |
| Geneseo Weekly Sun |
1883-188? |
| Henry County Arena (Geneseo) |
unknown but was publishing in 1899 |
| Henry County Chronicle (Cambridge) |
1858-1878 |
| Henry County Dial (Cambridge) |
1854-1865? |
| Henry County News (Geneseo) |
187?-1887 |
| Kewanee Advertiser |
at least 1857-1863
and 1870 |
| Kewanee Courier |
1876-1898 |
| Kewanee Daily Star Courier |
1898-1926 |
| Kewanee Independent |
1871-1882 |
| Kewanee Independent |
1882-1896 |
| Kewanee Labor Herald |
at least 1906 |
| Kewanee Star Courier |
1926-1948
1948 to present |
| Kewanee Weekly Star Courier |
1898 to at least 1909 |
| Orion Liberator andTimes |
unknown but was publishing in 1897 |
| Orion Chief |
unknown but at least
1873-1875 |
| Orion Gazette |
1992 - present |
| Orion Times |
unknown but publishing 1878-1880; 1883-1887; 1888-1992 |
| Orion Vidette |
1877-1877 |
| People's Union Mission (Geneseo) |
unknown but at least publishing in 1895 |
| Prairie Chief (Cambridge) |
unknown but at least 1871-1893 |
| Union Advocate (Geneseo) |
1861-1863 |
| Woodhull Dispatch |
187?-1971 |
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