The following news items and resources were added to Newspaper Abstracts website in the last week. Newspaper Abstracts is a user-contributed database of old newspaper articles and available free to all. To submit your articles visit: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/submitarticles.html To coordinate a county or state, or to open a regular contributor account, visit: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/volunteer.html Feel free to forward these updates to others who may be interested. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illinois http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/index.shtml Newspaper Catalog University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign catalog of newspaper holdings. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Bureau http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/bureau/index.shtml Newspapers available on microfilm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Cass http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/cass/index.shtml Ashland Public Library Listing of newspapers available at Ashland Public Library. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Champaign http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/champaign/index.shtml Champaign County News October 9, 1894 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Madison http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/madison/index.shtml Alton Telegraph ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Macoupin http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/macoupin/index.shtml Newspapers available on microfilm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/pike/index.shtml Pike County Democrat January 24, 1917 The Union January 1856 The Union December 10, 1855 The Union November 1855 The Union October 1855 The Union September 1855 The Union August 1855 The Union July 1855 The Union June 1855 The Union May 1855 The Union April 18, 1855 The Union March 21, 1855 The Union January 24, 1855 Pike County Free Press November 1848 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ More Resources http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/resources/index.shtml Center for Research Libraries U.S. Ethnic Newspapers available thru Inter-library Loan